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昙 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
昙 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
昙 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
昙 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
昙 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
昙 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
昙 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now

昙 Stroke Order — How to Write 昙

Stroke Order

昙 is written in 8 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 日, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

昙 Radical and Character Components

Components:日云

昙 is an ideographic compound. The sun 日 hidden behind a cloud 云.

Radical: 日 + 4 more strokes

昙 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • tán

Meanings of 昙 in Chinese

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tán昙

Refers to Epiphyllum, a type of cactus with large, white, short-lived flowers; often used in the idiom '昙花一现' (tánhuāyīxiàn), meaning 'a flash in the pan' or 'short-lived glory,' describing something rare and fleeting.
她的成功如昙花一现，虽然短暂却无比绚烂。
Her success was like the fleeting bloom of an epiphyllum, brief but incredibly brilliant.
Cloudy; overcast; dense clouds.
阴沉沉的天空，昙云密布，预示着一场大雨即将到来。
The gloomy sky, dense with clouds, indicates a heavy rain is coming soon.

Common Words and Phrases with 昙

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tán昙huā花yī一xiàn现
A fleeting phenomenon; something that appears briefly and then disappears, often compared to a flash in the pan.
那场流星雨虽然是昙花一现，但它的美丽瞬间却永远留在了人们的记忆中。
That meteor shower, though an ephemeral sight, its beautiful moments will forever remain in people's memories.

More words with 昙

Idioms with 昙

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Questions about 昙

What does 昙 mean in Chinese?

昙 (tán) means “Cloudy” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 昙?

昙 is pronounced tán in Mandarin Chinese.

How many strokes does 昙 have?

昙 has 8 strokes.

How do you write 昙?

昙 is written in 8 strokes, starting from the radical 日. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 昙?

The radical of 昙 is 日, and 昙 is an ideographic compound.