滩tān
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滩
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Shuowen
Shoal. The left side is the water radical (氵) indicating a body of water, while the right side is the phonetic component 难 (nán), originally meaning 'difficult'. The character depicts a shallow, muddy bank where water meets land, hence the meaning 'shoal'.
Pinyin
tān· HSK 1