甸
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diān · suburbs of the capital

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7Total strokes

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Upper-right enclosureCharacter structure

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田Key radical

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Example sentences

Notice where 甸 sits in each complete thought.

Mù zhì jiā jù chén diàn diàn de.木质家具沉甸甸的。

Wooden furniture is heavy.

Source: Tatoeba #9991942 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ de huà yǔ jiù xiàng zài dōng tiān de lǜ sè cǎo diàn yí yàng.你的话语就像在冬天的绿色草甸一样。

Your sentences were like a green meadow in winter.

Source: Tatoeba #13949947 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Miǎn diàn fǎn huá qíng xù zhèng zài zēngzhǎng.缅甸反华情绪正在增长。

Anti-Chinese sentiment is on the rise in Myanmar.

Source: Tatoeba #3275885 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tài guó zài běi biān jiē rǎng miǎn diàn hé lǎo zhuā.泰國在北邊接壤緬甸和老撾。

Thailand is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos.

Source: Tatoeba #10529598 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Miǎn diàn mín zhǔ yùn dòng lǐng xiù áng shān sù jī yǐ zāo jū yā yú shí nián.緬甸民主運動領袖昂山素姬已遭拘押逾十年。

The leader of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been in detainment for over 10 years.

Source: Tatoeba #13858741 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 甸 in context

  1. Say diān, then recall the core meaning: suburbs of the capital.
  2. Write all 7 strokes while keeping the upper-right enclosure balanced.
  3. Use it in 沉甸甸 (chén diàn diàn), meaning “heavy”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 甸 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.