毯 (taan2 taam2 | tan3) : blanket; rug; carpet

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毯

taan2 taam2

tan3

blanket; rug; carpet

Jyutping taan2 is standard reading; taam2 is variant.

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 毛 (#82)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

毯

This word has been viewed 3609 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th Jan 2011 10:48

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地毯 dei6 taam2 di4 tan3 = rug; carpet

毯子 taam2 zi2 tan3 zi5 = blanket 國

地毯拖鞋 dei6 taam2 to1 haai4*2 di4 tan3 tuo1 xie2 = carpet slippers

毛毯 mou4 taam2 mao2 tan3 = blanket

掛毯 gwaa3 taam2 gua4 tan3 = tapestry

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 毯
Unicode code for this character: U+6bef (off-site link)

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