滩

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beach; shoal; rapids; CL:片[pian4]; classifier for liquids: pool, puddle

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Difficult 难 waters 氵 to navigate; 难 also provides the pronunciation

Components 氵难

beach · Heisig RSH #1888

水 water + 难 difficult

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
冷水滩区	Lěng shuǐ tān Qū	Lengshuitan, a district of Yongzhou City 永州市[Yong3 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan
红谷滩区	Hóng gǔ tān Qū	Honggutan, a district of Nanchang City 南昌市[Nan2 chang1 Shi4], Jiangxi
沙滩排球	shā tān pái qiú	beach volleyball
白碱滩区	Bái jiǎn tān Qū	Baijiantan, a district of Karamay City 克拉瑪依市\|克拉玛依市[Ke4 la1 ma3 yi1 Shi4], Xinjiang
冷水滩	Lěng shuǐ tān	see 冷水灘區\|冷水滩区[Leng3 shui3 tan1 Qu1]
红谷滩	Hóng gǔ tān	see 紅穀灘區\|红谷滩区[Hong2 gu3 tan1 Qu1]
滩头	tān tóu	beach; sand bank
海滩	hǎi tān	beach; CL:片[pian4]
滩头堡	tān tóu bǎo	beachhead (military)
沙滩鞋	shā tān xié	beach shoes; wetsuit booties
外滩	Wài tān	the Bund, a waterfront promenade in central Shanghai, running along the western bank of th…
河滩	hé tān	river bank; river shore; strand
白碱滩	Bái jiǎn tān	see 白鹼灘區\|白碱滩区[Bai2 jian3 tan1 Qu1]
白鹤滩	Bái hè tān	Baihetan, the name of a hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River 金沙江[Jin1 sha1 Jiang1] at a p…
沙滩	shā tān	beach; sandy shore; CL:片[pian4]
河漫滩	hé màn tān	floodplain
沿滩区	Yán tān Qū	Yantan, a district of Zigong City 自貢市\|自贡市[Zi4 gong4 Shi4], Sichuan
暗滩	àn tān	hidden shoal
戈壁荒滩	Gē bì huāng tān	barren sands of the Gobi desert
险滩	xiǎn tān	shoals; rapids; treacherous section of a river