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澶

chán

Character

What 澶 means

1. still (as of water)
2. still water

Characters built on 亶

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

• 擅shànwithout authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself
• 颤chànto tremble; to shiver; to shake
• 檀tánsandalwood; hardwood; purple-red
• 嬗shàn(literary) to go through successive changes; to evolve
• 膻shān(old) a flock of sheep or goats; variant of 膻
• 襢zhànunadorned but elegant dress

Sounds the same

Read chán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 缠to wind around; to wrap round; to coil
• 馋gluttonous; greedy; to have a craving
• 禅dhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism)
• 蝉cicada
• 单used in 单于
• 婵used in 婵娟
• 蟾toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking)…
• 谗to slander; to defame; to misrepresent
• 潺flow; trickle (of water)
• 巉(literary) steep; rugged; jagged; precipitous
• 毚cunning; artful
• 磛cliff; peak