tǎn
flat
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 旦 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 坦
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
honest | ||
Pakistan | ||
Palestine | ||
tank (military vehicle) (loanword) | ||
flat |
Sources