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谭

tán

surname

🔤 Pictophonetic: 讠 (speech) provides meaning, 覃 provides pronunciation
HSK 14 strokes Common (22%)
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讠
yán
words, speech; to speak, to say
覃
tán
to reach, to spread to; deep, extensive
⿰讠覃 i

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Component Tree i

yán
讠
words, speech; to speak, to say
2 strokes
tán
覃
to reach, to spread to; deep, extensive
💡 Ideographic: From the east 早 to the west 覀 
12 strokes

Words Using 谭 (9)

Tán
谭 ↗
surname Tan
tiānfāngyètán
天方夜谭 ↗
fantasy story
TánSìtóng
谭嗣同 ↗
Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs [[戊戌六君子]] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
TánFùyīng
谭富英 ↗
Tan Fuying (1906-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards [[四大鬚生|四大须生]]
TánDùn
谭盾 ↗
Tan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer
TánYǒnglín
谭咏麟 ↗
Alan Tam (1950-), Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actor
TánXīnpéi
谭鑫培 ↗
Tan Xinpei (1847-1917), noted opera actor
TiānfāngYètán
天方夜谭 ↗
The Arabian Nights (classic story)
TánZhènlín
谭震林 ↗
Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the cultural revolution