灘
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tān · rapids

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Shape and proportion

22Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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氵Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 灘

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Example sentences

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Wǒ yào qù shā tān, nǐ ne?我要去沙灘,你呢?

I'm going to the beach. What about you?

Source: Tatoeba #6197306 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ mén yì zhěng tiān zài shā tān shàng.我們一整天在沙灘上。

We spent the entire day on the beach.

Source: Tatoeba #884218 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Jīn tiān shì yí gè zài hǎi tān shàng pǎo bù de hǎo rìzi.今天是一個在海灘上跑步的好日子。

Today is a good day to run on the beach.

Source: Tatoeba #5672795 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè zhāng shì wǒ zài hǎi tān shàng, zhè zhāng shì wǒ zài gēn wǒ de gǒu wán.這張是我在海灘上,這張是我在跟我的狗玩。

This is me on the beach, and this one is me playing with my dog.

Source: Tatoeba #13838903 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Shā tān shàng de rén fēi cháng shǎo.沙灘上的人非常少。

There were few people on the beach.

Source: Tatoeba #903650 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ jīn tiān bú yòng dāng zhí, bù rúyī qǐ qù hǎi tān wán ba.我今天不用當值,不如一起去海灘玩吧。

As I am off duty today, let's go to the beach.

Source: Tatoeba #385982 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 灘 in context

  1. Say tān, then recall the core meaning: rapids.
  2. Write all 22 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 灘 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.