灘

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滩

🇨🇳

beach

HSK 10

Nature →Elements →Landforms

tān

タン、ダン

なだ、せ

탄

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 難 represents the sound.

Components

Traditional (灘)

氵 water (drops)+ 難 difficult =

灘 beach

氵 Meaning component

shui water (drops)

water

難 Phonetic component

difficult

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Simplified (滩)

氵 water (drops)+ 难 arduous =

滩 beach, bank, shoal

氵 Meaning component

shui water (drops)

water

难 Phonetic component

nán arduous

difficult, arduous, hard

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze

Mid Warring States (~300 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

滩

Regular

Modern

Chinese

滩 / 灘 [tān]

beach; shoal; rapids; CL:片[piàn]; classifier for liquids: pool, puddle

Japanese

灘、洋なだ同音

noun open sea

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

灘えなめ

Ename unclassified name

灘なだ

Nada place namesurname

灘なださき

Nadasaki surname

灘なん

Nan surname

灘はやせ

Hayase given name

CHINESE WORDS (24)

the Shanghai Bund or Waitan

滩涂 [tāntú] #24,840

mudflat

抢滩 [qiǎngtān] #49,314

to make an amphibious assault

戈壁滩 [Gēbìtān] #38,816

Gobi desert

河漫滩 [hémàntān] #62,112

floodplain

冷水滩区 [Lěngshuǐtānqū] #62,597

Lengshuitan district of Yongzhou city 永州市[Yǒngzhōushì], Hunan

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JAPANESE WORDS (1)

⭐ 灘 [なだ] #41,612

open sea