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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- tang3
- English meanings
- to drip, to trickle, to shed (tears)
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 氵; right 尚.
Meaning & sound clues
氵 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “water”.
尚 is identified as the sound component (shàng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 淌.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
if; supposing
if; unconventional
Tang dynasty
measure word (events)
pond; dike
spread; evade
soup
to scald
negus
chest; chamber
measure word (activities)
lie
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Related words
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- 流淌