摊

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to spread out; vendor's stand

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 meaning “hand” + 难 sound ( nán )

Components 扌难

vendor’s stand · Heisig RSH #645

fingers + 难 difficult

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
小摊儿	xiǎo tān r	erhua variant of 小攤\|小摊[xiao3 tan1]
出摊儿	chū tān r	(coll.) to set up a vendor's stall (in the street or at a night market etc)
摊事儿	tān shì r	(coll.) to get into trouble
摊黄菜	tān huáng cài	(dialect) scrambled eggs
路边摊	lù biān tān	roadside stall
散摊子	sàn tān zi	to break up; to disband
食品摊	shí pǐn tān	food vendor's stand
摊鸡蛋	tān jī dàn	omelet; to make an omelet
摊子	tān zi	booth; vendor's stall; (fig.) organizational structure; scale of operations
摊头	tān tóu	a vendor's stall
地摊	dì tān	roadside stall
摊儿	tān r	erhua variant of 攤\|摊[tan1]
小摊	xiǎo tān	vendor's stall
摊手	tān shǒu	to throw up one's hands; to loosen one's grip; to let go
分摊	fēn tān	to share (costs, responsibilities); to apportion
平摊	píng tān	to spread out; (fig.) to share equally
摊开	tān kāi	to spread out; to unfold
摊点	tān diǎn	place for a vendor's stall
报摊	bào tān	newsstand
杂货摊	zá huò tān	stall selling various goods

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
难 sound part	nán	hard, difficult, arduous; unable
瘫	tān	paralysis, palsy, numbness
傩	nuó	rich