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tān

rapids; sandbar, shoal

💡 Ideographic: Difficult 难 waters 氵 to navigate; 难 also provides the pronunciation
HSK 5 13 strokes Common (21%)
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Component Breakdown

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氵
shuǐ
water
难
nán
hard, difficult, arduous; unable
⿰氵难 i

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Component Tree i

shuǐ
氵
water
3 strokes
nán
难
hard, difficult, arduous; unable
💡 Ideographic: A hand 又 trying to grasp at a bird 隹
10 strokes HSK 3

Words Using 滩 (24)

shātān
沙滩 ↗
HSK 5
beach / sandy shore / CL:[[片<piàn>]]
tān
滩 ↗
beach / shoal / CL:[[片<piàn>]]
qiǎntān
浅滩 ↗
shallows / shoal / sandbar
qiǎngtān
抢滩 ↗
to make an amphibious assault / to seize a beachhead / to gain a foothold in (a new market)
Gǔdǒngtān
古董滩 ↗
Gudong desert or Antiques desert at Han dynasty Yangguan pass [[陽關|阳关<Yángguān>]], named after many Han dynasty archaeological discoveries
Gēbìtān
戈壁滩 ↗
Gobi desert
Gēbìhuāngtān
戈壁荒滩 ↗
barren sands of the Gobi desert
qiǎntānzhǐshìfúbiāo
浅滩指示浮标 ↗
bar buoy / buoy marking shallows or sandbar
Lěngshuǐtān
冷水滩 ↗
Lengshuitan district of Yongzhou city [[永州市<Yǒngzhōushì>]], Hunan
yántān
盐滩 ↗
salt flats / salt lake
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