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昙

tán

Character Traditional 曇

What 昙 means

1. dark clouds

Words starting with 昙

• 昙花一现tán huā yī xiànlit. the night-blooming cactus shows once; flash in the pan (idiom); short-lived
• 昙花tán huāDutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)

Words containing 昙

• 瞿昙Qú tánGautama, surname of the Siddhartha, the historical Buddha

Characters that look like 昙

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

• 县xiàncounty; (Japan) prefecture
• 吴Wúsurname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai…
• 耍shuǎto play with; to wield; to act (cool etc)
• 荟huìto flourish; luxuriant growth
• 芸yúncommon rue (Ruta graveolens)…
• 峇bā(used in transliteration)

Sounds the same

Read tán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 谈to speak; to talk; to converse
• 坛altar; platform; rostrum; (bound form) (sporting, literary etc) circles; world
• 潭deep pool; pond; pit (dialect)
• 痰phlegm; spittle
• 弹to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap
• 檀sandalwood; hardwood; purple-red
• 覃deep
• 倓quiet; peaceful
• 黮black, dark; unclear; private
• 惔to burn
• 榃raised path between fields
• 锬long spear