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阗

tián

Character Traditional 闐

What 阗 means

1. fill up
2. rumbling sound

Words containing 阗

• 和阗Hé tiánold way of writing 和田

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
• 滇Diānshort name for Yunnan 云南
• 瑱tiàn(literary) jade pendants attached to an official hat and hanging beside each ear…

Characters that look like 阗

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

• 凿záo(bound form) chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig; (literary) certain; authentic…
• 蒲púrefers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha…
• 阑lánrailing; balustrade; door-screen
• 嵩sōng(literary) (of mountains) lofty
• 阖hédoor; to close; whole
• 漆qīpaint; lacquer; to paint (furniture, walls etc)

Sounds the same

Read tián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 甜sweet; (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely
• 填to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in
• 田field; farm
• 恬quiet; calm; tranquil
• 佃to cultivate; to hunt
• 钿(dialect) coin; money
• 畑used in Japanese names with phonetic value hatake, bata etc…
• 沺turbulent
• 畋to cultivate (land); to hunt
• 屇cave; hole
• 湉(literary) smoothly flowing, placid (water)
• 窴fill in