Chinese Character 灘 Meanings and components.

Form

灘

Meaning

灘 meaning[3] in English

Beach.

Shoal.

Rapids.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 灘 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and difficult (to...) (難)

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

In cangjie it is written with ETOG

How to write 灘

To write灘tan1beach you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 難nan2difficult (to...) arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 難 = 灘

灘 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

灘
Pinyin:tan1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Beach . Shoal . Rapids . Cl:片[Pian4] . Classifier For Liquids: Pool, Puddle
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]
難
Pinyin:nan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Difficult (To...) . Problem . Difficulty . Difficult . Not Good
堇
Pinyin:jin3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Clay . Old Variant Of 僅|仅[Jin3] . Violet (Plant)
隹
Pinyin:zhui1
Meaning[3]: Short-Tailed Bird

Notes

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

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

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