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滇

Diān

Character

What 滇 means

1. short name for Yunnan {云南|Yún nán}

Words starting with 滇

• 滇池Diān chílake Dianchi in Yunnan
• 滇东Diān dōngeast Yunnan
• 滇红Diān hóngDian Hong tea
• 滇藏Diān ZàngYunnan and Tibet
• 滇藏川Diān Zàng ChuānYunnan, Tibet and Sichuan
• 滇䴓diān shī(bird species of China) Yunnan nuthatch (Sitta yunnanensis)

Words containing 滇

• 川滇藏Chuān Diān ZàngSichuan, Yunnan and Tibet

Characters built on 真

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

• 填tiánto fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in
• 颠diāntop (of the head); apex; to fall forwards
• 阗tiánfill up; rumbling sound
• 瑱tiàn(literary) jade pendants attached to an official hat and hanging beside each ear…

Characters that look like 滇

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

• 填tiánto fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in
• 漠mòdesert; unconcerned
• 遏èto restrain; to check; to hold back
• 溪xīcreek; rivulet
• 谟móplan; to practice
• 漓lípattering (of rain); seep through

Sounds the same

Read Diān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 颠top (of the head); apex; to fall forwards
• 癫mentally deranged; crazy
• 掂to weigh in the hand; to estimate
• 巅summit
• 敁to weigh in the hand, to estimate; to shake
• 攧to fall; to stamp (one's foot); to toss
• 瘨convulsions; crazy
• 蹎to fall forward (variant of 颠
• 傎inversion; mistake
• 顚variant of 颠
• 巓same as 巅; summit; mountain peak