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湛

zhàn

Character

What 湛 means

1. deep
2. clear (water)

Other readings

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

• Zhànsurname Zhan

Words starting with 湛

• 湛蓝zhàn lánazure
• 湛江市Zhàn jiāng ShìZhanjiang, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 广东省
• 湛河区Zhàn hé QūZhanhe, a district of Pingdingshan City 平顶山市
• 湛江Zhàn jiāngsee 湛江市
• 湛河Zhàn hésee 湛河区

Words containing 湛

• 精湛jīng zhànconsummate; exquisite
• 李湛Lǐ ZhànLi Zhan, personal name of fourteenth Tang emperor Jingzong 敬宗

Characters built on 甚

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

• 堪kān(bound form) may; can; (bound form) to endure; to bear; (in 堪舆
• 勘kānto investigate; to survey; to collate
• 戡kānkill; suppress

Characters that look like 湛

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

• 淫yínexcess; excessive; wanton
• 漠mòdesert; unconcerned
• 湿shīmoist; wet
• 逼bīto force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for
• 遏èto restrain; to check; to hold back
• 淇qíname of a river

Sounds the same

Read zhàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 站station; to stand; to halt
• 占to take possession of; to occupy; to take up
• 战to fight; fight; war
• 蘸to dip in (ink, sauce etc)
• 栈a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle; wood or bamboo trestlework; a warehouse
• 绽to burst open; to split at the seam
• 偡(literary) orderly; neat
• 轏chariot for sleeping and conveyance
• 襢unadorned but elegant dress