贪(tān)

HSK 7-98 strokesTrad. 貪

to have a voracious desire for

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Character information

Pinyin
tān
Meaning
to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
貪

Origin & structure

Where 贪 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿱今贝

In this compound, the meaning comes from 贝 (money); 今 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

今jīn贝bèi

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 贪 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 贪

Common words using 贪 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

tān贪lán婪
HSK 7-9

avaricious

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tān贪wū污
HSK 7-9

to be corrupt

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fǎn反tān贪

anti-corruption (policy)

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tān贪zhàn占

to misappropriate

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tān贪chī吃

gluttonous; voracious

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fǎn反tān贪fǔ腐

anti-corruption

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hào好jiǔ酒tān贪bēi杯

fond of the bottle (idiom)

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jié桀tān贪ào骜zhà诈

brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)

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婪污反占吃腐好酒

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