滩

灘
tān
#2,058 most
frequent character
beach, shoal, rapids
Measure words:片 piàn

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

滩 tān combines 氵 water with 难 nán. The water part gives the first meaning, 'to wilt after being soaked'. The later sense 'beach; sands' was borrowed for its sound, not from the parts.

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Homophones

贪tān
to have a voracious desire for

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