Chinese Character Wiki

澹

dàn, tán

calm

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

water

詹 sound component

詹  Sound component

zhān

  

talk too much

Evolution

澹 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
澹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
澹 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
澹 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
澹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

澹  

dàn

calm, quiet, tranquil; tranquil; placid; quiet

澹  

Tán

surname Tan

Most common words with 澹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

澹

tranquil

澹泊

living a simple life

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[l]ˤamʔ

damX

dàn

calm


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4261st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Unicode

U+6FB9

Shuowen

“澹，水搖也。从水，詹聲。”


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