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淀

diàn

HSK 6 Character

What 淀 means

1. bound formshallow lake (usu. in place names)

Other readings

淀 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• diànto form sediment; to precipitate

Words starting with 淀

• 淀粉diàn fěnstarch; amylum (C6H10O5)n
• 淀积diàn jī(geology) to illuviate
• 淀山湖Diàn shān HúDianshan Lake in Shanghai
• 淀积物diàn jī wù(geology) illuvial material
• 淀粉肠diàn fěn chángstarchy sausage (low-cost sausage made with a high proportion of starch and little meat)
• 淀粉酶diàn fěn méiamylase

Words containing 淀

• 沉淀chén diàn(chemistry) to settle; to precipitate; (chemistry) sediment; precipitate…
• 海淀区Hǎi diàn QūHaidian, a district of Beijing
• 积淀jī diàndeposits accumulated over long periods; fig. valuable experience, accumulated wisdom
• 沉淀物chén diàn wùprecipitate; sediment
• 白洋淀Bái yáng DiànBaiyang Lake in Hebei
• 动物淀粉dòng wù diàn fěnglycogen
• 木薯淀粉mù shǔ diàn fěntapioca
• 玉米淀粉yù mǐ diàn fěncorn starch
• 海淀图书城Hǎi diàn Tú shū chéngHaidian Book City, Beijing bookstore
• 海淀Hǎi diànsee 海淀区

Characters that look like 淀

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

• 援yuánto help; to assist; to aid
• 筑zhùfive-string lute; Taiwan pr. zhú
• 烧shāoto burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc); to braise
• 绪xùbeginnings; clues; mental state
• 痘dòupimple; pustule
• 赅gāicomplete; full

Sounds the same

Read diàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 店inn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store
• 电lightning; electricity; electric (bound form)
• 殿palace hall
• 垫pad; cushion; mat
• 奠to fix; to settle; a libation to the dead
• 惦to think of; to remember; to miss
• 甸suburbs or outskirts; one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic…
• 靛indigo pigment
• 佃to rent farmland from a landlord
• 钿to inlay with gold, silver etc; ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower
• 扂door latch
• 玷blemish; disgrace; flaw in jade