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澹

dàn

Character

What 澹 means

1. tranquil
2. placid
3. quiet

Other readings

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

• Tánsurname Tan

Words starting with 澹

• 澹泊dàn bóvariant of 淡泊
• 澹然dàn ránvariant of 淡然

Words containing 澹

• 恬澹tián dànvariant of 恬淡
• 惨澹cǎn dànvariant of 惨淡

Characters built on 詹

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

• 瞻zhānto gaze; to view
• 赡shànto support; to provide for
• 檐yáneaves; ledge or brim
• 蟾chántoad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking)…
• 儋dāncarry
• 谵zhān(literary) to rant; to rave; to be delirious

Characters that look like 澹

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

• 撞zhuàngto knock against; to bump into; to run into
• 曙shǔ(bound form) daybreak; dawn; Taiwan pr. shù
• 撸lū(dialect) to grasp (sth long or cylindrical) and slide the hand up or down…
• 缰jiāngbridle; reins; halter
• 燎liáoto burn; to set afire
• 獠liáofierce; hunt; name of a tribe

Sounds the same

Read dàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 但but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
• 蛋egg; oval-shaped thing
• 弹crossball; bullet; shot
• 旦(literary) dawn; daybreak; dan, female role in Chinese opera…
• 淡insipid; diluted; weak
• 诞birth; birthday; brag
• 惮dread; fear; dislike
• 担picul (100 catties, 50 kg); two buckets full; carrying pole and its load
• 氮nitrogen (chemistry)
• 石dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗; ancient pr. shí
• 啖to eat; to taste; to entice (using bait)
• 萏lotus