恬
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quiet; calm; tranquil; peaceful
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 心 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 恬
- Common rank
- #2,390
- Unicode
- U+606C
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 恬
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 风恬浪静 | lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment; All is quiet.; a dead… | |
| 恬不知耻 | to have no sense of shame | |
| 恬美 | serene and beautiful | |
| 恬和 | quiet and gentle | |
| 清恬 | pure and quiet (of life); tranquil and comfortable | |
| 恬然 | unperturbed; nonchalant | |
| 恬波 | calm waters | |
| 蒙恬 | Qin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴 an… | |
| 恬雅 | retired and quiet; calm and graceful | |
| 恬退 | contented; uninterested in wealth and glory | |
| 恬静 | still; peaceful; quiet | |
| 静恬 | tranquil | |
| 恬噪 | to caw | |
| 恬淡 | quiet and contented; indifferent to fame or gain | |
| 恬适 | quiet and comfortable | |
| 恬漠 | indifferent and undisturbed | |
| 恬逸 | free from worry and disturbance | |
| 恬畅 | comfortable and happy | |
| 恬愉 | content and at ease | |
| 恬澹 | variant of 恬淡[tian2 dan4] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 舌 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舌 sound part | tongue; bell clapper | |
| 活 | to exist, to live, to survive; living, working | |
| 舍 | house, dwelling; to reside, to dwell; to abandon, to give up | |
| 适 | match, comfortable; just | |
| 括 | to embrace, to enclose, to include | |
| 刮 | to shave; to scrape; to blow | |
| 蛞 | snail, slug; mole cricket | |
| 栝 | a builder's frame for measuring | |
| 鸹 | crow |