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滩

灘
tān
noun #9,298

Meanings

  1. 1 beach; shoal; sandbank
  2. 2 rapids; shallow water area

Characters

滩
tān
beach; shoal; rapids
氵(water radical) + 难 (difficult, phonetic) — shallow water that's hard to navigate

Examples

孩子们在沙滩上玩。
Háizimen zài shātān shàng wán.
The children are playing on the beach.
这条河有很多险滩。
Zhè tiáo hé yǒu hěn duō xiǎntān.
This river has many dangerous rapids.

Tips

usage
滩 rarely stands alone; it appears in compounds: 沙滩 (shātān, sandy beach), 海滩 (hǎitān, beach), 险滩 (xiǎntān, rapids), 泥滩 (nítān, mudflat). 上海 was historically called 上海滩 (Shànghǎitān).
memory
氵(water) + 难 (difficult) — the difficult, shallow water where the riverbed shows through.

In Pop Culture

上海滩 Shànghǎitān
The Bund / Shanghai Beach
classic 1980 HK TV drama — literally 'Shanghai shoal'

Stroke Order

滩 tān