Chinese Character 潭 Meanings and components.

Form

潭

Meaning

潭 meaning[3] in English

Surname Tan.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 潭 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and surname Qin (覃)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EMWJ

How to write 潭

To write潭tan2surname Tan you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 覃tan2surname Qin arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 覃 = 潭

潭 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 潭 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 潭, looks as follow:

潭
Pinyin:tan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Tan
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
覃
Pinyin:tan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Qin
襾
Pinyin:ya4
Meaning[3]: Cover . Radical No 146
早
Pinyin:zao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Early . Morning . Good Morning! . Long Ago . Prematurely
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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