tán
deep pool
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 潭
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
pond | ||
quagmire | ||
Xiangtan prefecture level city in Hunan | ||
puddle | ||
Yingtan prefecture level city in Jiangxi |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[l]ˤ[ə]m | dom | tán | deep, pond |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.1853% of movies
3320th most common character in movies
2750th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Unicode | U+6F6D |
Shuowen | “潭，水。出武陵鐔成玉山，東入鬱林。从水，覃聲。” |
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