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恬

tián

Character

What 恬 means

1. quiet
2. calm
3. tranquil
4. peaceful

Words starting with 恬

• 恬静tián jìngstill; peaceful; quiet
• 恬淡tián dànquiet and contented; indifferent to fame or gain
• 恬不知耻tián bù zhī chǐto have no sense of shame
• 恬和tián héquiet and gentle
• 恬噪tián zàoto caw
• 恬愉tián yúcontent and at ease
• 恬畅tián chàngcomfortable and happy
• 恬波tián bōcalm waters
• 恬漠tián mòindifferent and undisturbed
• 恬然tián ránunperturbed; nonchalant
• 恬美tián měiserene and beautiful
• 恬谧tián mìquiet; peaceful
• 恬退tián tuìcontented; uninterested in wealth and glory
• 恬逸tián yìfree from worry and disturbance
• 恬适tián shìquiet and comfortable
• 恬雅tián yǎretired and quiet; calm and graceful
• 恬澹tián dànvariant of 恬淡

Words containing 恬

• 清恬qīng tiánpure and quiet (of life); tranquil and comfortable
• 蒙恬Méng TiánQin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴…
• 静恬jìng tiántranquil
• 风恬浪静fēng tián làng jìnglit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment; All is quiet.…

Characters built on 舌

These share the phonetic component 舌 (shé), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 甜tiánsweet; (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely
• 舔tiǎnto lick; to lap

Characters that look like 恬

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 借jièto borrow; (used in combination with 给; to make use of; to avail oneself of
• 悄qiāoused in 悄悄
• 悟wùto comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware
• 怯qiètimid; cowardly; rustic
• 馁něi(bound form) hungry; starving; (bound form) dispirited; (literary) (of fish) putrid
• 佶jídifficult to pronounce

Sounds the same

Read tián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 甜sweet; (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely
• 填to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in
• 田field; farm
• 佃to cultivate; to hunt
• 钿(dialect) coin; money
• 畑used in Japanese names with phonetic value hatake, bata etc…
• 阗fill up; rumbling sound
• 沺turbulent
• 畋to cultivate (land); to hunt
• 屇cave; hole
• 湉(literary) smoothly flowing, placid (water)
• 窴fill in