谭 (Tán): surname Tan

谭 (Tán) is a Chinese character meaning “surname tan.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 讠 (speech). It ranks #2794 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 讠 speech14 strokesFrequency #2794

Definitions

  1. surname Tan

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
天方夜谭tiān fāng yè tánfantasy story
谭富英tán fù yīngTan Fuying (1906-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生
谭震林tán zhèn línTan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the Cultural Revolution
谭嗣同tán sì tóngTan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform...
谭鑫培tán xīn péiTan Xinpei (1847-1917), noted opera actor
谭盾tán dùnTan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer
谭咏麟tán yǒng línAlan Tam (1950-), Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actor
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Total compounds
86
As first character
14
As last character
0
As middle character

谭 appears in 7 compound words: 86 as the first character, 14 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

这个谭字在古汉语中有不同的含义。

zhè gè Tán zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .

In Classical Chinese, the character "谭" has different meanings.

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Tán kǎi 琪 chāo qīng chún jiā jiě jīng xǐ lù miàn céng wéi guǎng gào nǚ shén jià . . .

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fǎ gǎi huì rèn mìng xīn chéng yuán zī shēn chuán méi rén Tán wèi ér jiē tì chén 淑 薇

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刘颖镟谭旻萱米兰出招抢镜 谷爱凌转战时装骚获全场...

liú yǐng 镟 Tán 旻 萱 mǐ lán chū zhāo qiǎng jìng gǔ ài líng zhuǎn zhàn shí zhuāng sāo huò quán chǎng . . .

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议政随想—谭镇国:《铁路立标提效 助力北都发展》

yì zhèng suí xiǎng — Tán zhèn guó : tiě lù lì biāo tí xiào zhù lì běi dōu fā zhǎn

Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 谭 (Tán) mean in Chinese?
谭 (Tán) primarily means "surname tan." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2794 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 谭 have?
谭 is written with 14 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 谭?
The radical associated with 谭 is 讠 (speech). This radical appears in many characters related to speech.
What are common words containing 谭?
Common words with 谭 include: 天方夜谭 (tiān fāng yè tán, "fantasy story"); 谭富英 (tán fù yīng, "Tan Fuying (1906-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生"); 谭震林 (tán zhèn lín, "Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the Cultural Revolution"); 谭嗣同 (tán sì tóng, "Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform..."); 谭鑫培 (tán xīn péi, "Tan Xinpei (1847-1917), noted opera actor"). There are over 7 compound words containing this character.
Is 谭 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 谭 and the traditional form is 譚.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.