潭 (tán): deep pool, pond, pit (dialect)
潭 (tán) is a Chinese character meaning “deep pool.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 覃 (phonetic). It ranks #2602 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 潭 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- deep pool
- pond
- pit (dialect)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 泥潭 | ní tán | quagmire |
| 水潭 | shuǐ tán | water pool |
| 龙潭 | lóng tán | Longtan district of Jilin city 吉林市, Jilin province |
| 潭水 | tán shuǐ | deep water |
| 一潭死水 | yī tán sǐ shuǐ | a pool of stagnant water |
| 日月潭 | rì yuè tán | Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan |
| 龙马潭区 | lóng mǎ tán qū | Longmatan district of Luzhou city 瀘州市|泸州市[Lu2 zhou1 shi4], Sichuan |
| 龙潭区 | lóng tán qū | Longtan district of Jilin city 吉林市, Jilin province |
| 潭子 | tán zi | deep natural pond |
| 潭第 | tán dì | variant of 覃第[tan2 di4] |
| 平潭县 | píng tán xiàn | Pingtan, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian |
| 气潭 | qì tán | air pocket |
| 平潭 | píng tán | see 平潭縣|平潭县[Ping2 tan2 Xian4] |
| 潭影 | tán yǐng | reflection in a deep pond |
| 深潭 | shēn tán | deep natural pond |
潭 appears in 40 compound words: 25 as the first character, 45 as the last, and 30 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 潭 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
清晨的潭面波光粼粼，倒映着岸边的柳树。
qīng chén de tán miàn bō guāng 粼 粼 , dǎo yìng zhe àn biān de liǔ shù .
The pond glistened in the early morning light, reflecting the willow trees along the shore.
狮潭新凤吊桥旁 薰衣草全面盛开中
shī tán xīn fèng diào qiáo páng 薰 yī cǎo quán miàn shèng kāi zhōng
Lavender is in full bloom next to the Xinfeng Suspension Bridge in Shitan
花莲鲤鱼潭9岁男童溺毙 纵管处:与地方政府共同强化...
huā lián lǐ yú tán 9 suì nán tóng nì bì zòng guǎn chǔ : yǔ dì fāng zhèng fǔ gòng tóng qiáng huà . . .
Hualien Liyutan 9-year-old boy drowned Longitudinal Management Office: Work with local governments to strengthen...
8岁男童命丧花莲鲤鱼潭!家属控快艇“船尾浪”酿祸 交通部回应了
8 suì nán tóng mìng sāng huā lián lǐ yú tán ! jiā shǔ kòng kuài tǐng chuán wěi làng niàng huò jiāo tōng bù huí yīng le
An 8-year-old boy died in Hualien Liyu Pond! The family controlled the speedboat's "stern waves" to cause trouble, and the Ministry of Communications responded
纵管处启动鲤鱼潭水域安全全面检讨 将与地方协力强化管理机...
zòng guǎn chǔ qǐ dòng lǐ yú tán shuǐ yù ān quán quán miàn jiǎn tǎo jiāng yǔ dì fāng xié lì qiáng huà guǎn lǐ jī . . .
The longitudinal management office launched a comprehensive review of the safety of Liyutan waters and will work with local governments to strengthen the management mechanism...
我爱湘潭我的家·新春走基层丨湖南裕能:600余名...
wǒ ài 湘 tán wǒ de jiā xīn chūn zǒu jī céng 丨 hú nán yù néng : 6 0 0 yú míng . . .
I love Xiangtan My home, New Year to the grassroots丨Hunan Yuneng: more than 600...
日月潭是台湾最大的湖泊。
Rìyuè Tán shì Táiwān zuì dà de húpō.
Sun Moon Lake is the largest lake in Taiwan.
Character Family
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