腆 (tiǎn): make strong (as liquors)

腆 (tiǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “make strong (as liquors).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺼ (semantic) and 典 (phonetic). It ranks #3100 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 腆 flesh. Its radical form ⺼ (⺼) appears in many related characters such as 肴 (yáo, variant of 肴[yao2]), 腼 (miǎn, used in 靦腆|腼腆[mian3 tian3]), 臀 (tún, buttocks).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-912 strokesFrequency #3100⺼ semantic典 phonetic

Definitions

  1. make strong (as liquors)

Etymology & Origin

腆

pictophoneticflesh

Decomposition: ⿰⺼典 (layout: left-right)

Components:⺼semantic典phonetic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
腼腆miǎn tiǎnshy
1
Total compounds
0
As first character
100
As last character
0
As middle character

腆 appears in 1 compound words: 0 as the first character, 100 as the last, and 0 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 腆 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

腼miǎn
0.852528 co-occurrences
羞xiū
0.499144 co-occurrences
傲ào
0.36730 co-occurrences
纪jì
0.357204 co-occurrences
笑xiào
0.35266 co-occurrences
小xiǎo
0.345768 co-occurrences
害hài
0.329102 co-occurrences
附fù
0.319114 co-occurrences
柔róu
0.31830 co-occurrences
雄xióng
0.31896 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

腆字由12笔画组成，结构很巧妙。

tiǎn zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .

The character "腆" consists of 12 strokes and has a very ingenious structure.

Character Family

⺼ Radical Family — Characters sharing the ⺼ radical

胞bāo背bèi臂bì脖bó膊bó肠cháng胆dǎn肚dù肪fáng肥féi

Related Characters

肴yáo腼miǎn臀tún

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 腆 (tiǎn) mean in Chinese?
腆 (tiǎn) primarily means "make strong (as liquors)." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3100 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 腆 and 淡?
腆 (tiǎn) and 淡 (dàn) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 腆 (strong) vs 淡 (weak).
How many strokes does 腆 have?
腆 is written with 12 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 腆?
The radical associated with 腆 is ⺼. This radical appears in many characters related to this concept.
What are the components of 腆?
腆 is composed of: ⺼ (semantic), 典 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰⺼典 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 腆?
Common words with 腆 include: 腼腆 (miǎn tiǎn, "shy"). There are over 1 compound words containing this character.
Is 腆 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 腆 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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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.