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钽

tǎn

Character Traditional 鉭

What 钽 means

1. tantalum (chemistry)

Characters built on 旦

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

• 但dànbut; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
• 担dānto undertake; to carry; to shoulder
• 坦tǎnflat; open-hearted; level
• 胆dǎngall bladder; courage; guts
• 袒tǎnto bare
• 亶dǎnsincere

Characters that look like 钽

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

• 钢gāngsteel
• 钮niǔbutton
• 钼mùmolybdenum (chemistry)
• 铆mǎoto fasten with a rivet; to rivet; to hammer in a rivet…
• 钜jù(literary) hard iron; (literary) hook; barb; used in personal names and place names
• 铟yīnindium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read tǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 坦flat; open-hearted; level
• 毯blanket; rug
• 袒to bare
• 忐used in 忐忑
• 禫sacrifice at the end of mourning
• 菼Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Amur silvergrass); Miscanthus sinensis (feather grass)
• 嗿sound of many people eating
• 璮a kind of jade
• 贉pay an advance; silk book cover
• 醓brine of pickled meat