昙(tán)

8 strokesTrad. 曇

dark clouds

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Character information

Pinyin
tán
Meaning
dark clouds
Strokes
8
HSK level
—
Traditional
曇

Origin & structure

Where 昙 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱日云

The sun 日 hidden behind a cloud 云

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

日rì云yún

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 曇: The sun 日 hidden behind a cloud 雲

How to write 昙 step by step

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

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Words with 昙

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

tán昙huā花

Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalu…

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qú瞿tán昙

Gautama, surname of the Siddhartha, the historical Buddha

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tán昙huā花yī一xiàn现

lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once

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From 昙’s common words

花瞿一现

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