潭 (taam4 | tan2) : deep water; deep pool; deep

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潭

taam4

tan2

[1] [n] deep water; deep pool [2] deep; profound [3] [Wu] [v] hole in the ground

Stroke count: 15

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

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

潭

This word has been viewed 3110 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 15:08

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鱷魚潭 ngok6 jyu4 taam4 = a dangerous place; the Hong Kong Stock Exchange 粵

龍潭虎穴 lung4 taam4 fu2 jyut6 long2 tan2 hu3 xue2 = perilous place

大潭 daai6 taam4 = Tai Tam

臨潭 lam4 taam4 lin2 tan2 = Lintan (place in Gansu)

平潭 ping4 taam4 ping2 tan2 = Pingtan (place in Fujian)

大潭水塘 daai6 taam4 seoi2 tong4 = Tai Tam Reservoirs

北潭凹 bak1 taam4 aau3 = Pak Tam Au

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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: 潭
Unicode code for this character: U+6F6D (off-site link)

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