tàn

sigh

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𦰩 represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

又 simplified component

  Simplified component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Shorthand for the 𦰩 component in the traditional character .

Evolution

叹 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
叹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

tàn

sigh, admire; to sigh; to exclaim

() 

tàn

variant of |[tàn]

Most common words with 叹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

惊叹

a gasp of surprise

to sigh

叹息

to sigh

感叹

to lament

叹气

to sigh

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 5.3660% of movies

2391st most common character in movies

1299th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

Unicode

U+53F9


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