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坛

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altar; platform; rostrum; (bound form) (sporting, literary etc) circles; world

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
7
Radical
土 +4
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
坛
Common rank
#1,763
Unicode
U+575B

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Formation & memory

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How 坛 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

土 meaning “earth” + 云 sound ( yún )

Components 土 云

How to remember it

altar · Heisig RSH #1693

土 soil + rising cloud

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 坛

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
世界经济论坛 Shì jiè Jīng jì Lùn tán World Economic Forum
金坛区 Jīn tán Qū Jintan, a district of Changzhou City 常州市[Chang2 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu
国际先驱论坛报 Guó jì Xiān qū Lùn tán Bào International Herald Tribune
天坛座 Tiān tán zuò Ara (constellation)
论坛报 Lùn tán Bào Tribune (in newspaper names)
达沃斯论坛 Dá wò sī lùn tán Davos world economic forum (WEF)
坛子 tán zi jug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening)
地坛 Dì tán Temple of Earth (in Beijing)
天坛 Tiān tán Temple of Heaven (in Beijing)
金坛 Jīn tán see 金壇區|金坛区[Jin1 tan2 Qu1]
花坛 huā tán decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and…
体坛 tǐ tán sporting circles; the world of sport
文坛 wén tán literary circles
书坛 shū tán the calligraphic community
乐坛 yuè tán music circles; music world
政坛 zhèng tán political circles
骨坛 gǔ tán urn
武坛 wǔ tán martial arts circles
论坛 lùn tán forum (for discussion)
足坛 zú tán soccer circles; soccer world

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 云 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
云 sound part yún cloud; to say, to speak
运 yùn to run; ship, transport; fortune, luck
魂 hún soul, spirit
芸 yún common rue; diverse, varied
纭 yún confused; numerous
耘 yún to weed
酝 yùn liquor, spirits, wine; to ferment