DICTIONARY
The Chinese word tan - 檀 - tán
( surname )
Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)
tán
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English translations
surname, sandalwood"Why are some translations grayed out?"
Grayed-out terms are meanings of the character which cannot be used as translations. For example, 必 (bì) has the meaning must / to have to. However, the Chinese translation for "must" is not 必 (bì) but 必须 (bìxū).
Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 檀 ( tán ) correctly?"
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
The traditional Chinese characters of tán are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
檀 is composed of 17 strokes and therefore is of high complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).
Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
Mr.Tan | Mrs.Tan
Other characters that are pronounced tán in Chinese
More words that mean surname in Chinese
ài ( 艾 ), băi ( 柏 ), bèi ( 贝 ), bó ( 勃 ), chāo ( 钞 ), chá ( 查 ), chái ( 柴 ), chén ( 陈 ), chŏng ( 宠 ), dí ( 狄 ), diān ( 颠 ), dòu ( 窦 ), dù ( 杜 ), è ( 鄂 ), fàn ( 范 ), gān ( 甘 ), gē ( 戈 ), gòng ( 贡 ), hán ( 韩 ), háng ( 杭 ), hú ( 狐 ), hún ( 浑 ), huán ( 环 ), huì ( 惠 ), huò ( 霍 ), jiā ( 嘉 ), jiăn ( 剪 ), jù ( 巨 ), lán ( 兰 ), lài ( 赖 ), lí ( 蠡 ), líng ( 陵 ), Lĭ ( 李 ), lián ( 廉 ), liáng ( 梁 ), liáng ( 良 ), liú ( 刘 ), lú ( 卢 ), lú ( 芦 ), lù ( 鹿 ), luò ( 洛 ), méng ( 蒙 ), mèng ( 孟 ), mò ( 莫 ), nà ( 纳 ), niŭ ( 纽 ), páng ( 庞 ), píng ( 凭 ), pŭ ( 浦 ), qín ( 勤 ), qĭ ( 乞 ), qiáng ( 强 ), qié ( 伽 ), qiè ( 郄 ), róng ( 荣 ), róng ( 融 ), sà ( 萨 ), shàn ( 善 ), shĭ ( 史 ), sōng ( 嵩 ), táng ( 唐 ), tài ( 泰 ), wáng ( 王 ), wăn ( 宛 ), wēng ( 翁 ), wéi ( 韦 ), wèi ( 魏 ), wò ( 沃 ), wŭ ( 伍 ), xī ( 郗 ), xī ( 锡 ), xū ( 虚 ), xún ( 寻 ), xù ( 绪 ), yă ( 雅 ), yī ( 伊 ), yí ( 夷 ), yì ( 益 ), yú ( 俞 ), zhāng ( 张 ), zhà ( 乍 ), Zhào ( 赵 ), zhí ( 执 ), zhì ( 智 ), zhū ( 诸 ), zhú ( 烛 )
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