菼

菼 · tǎn

rush or sedge

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
tǎn
Cantonese
taam2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

rush or sedge

Dictionary definitions & readings

菼 tǎn · Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Amur silvergrass); Miscanthus sinensis (feather grass)

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53239.070:tǎn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1115.080:tǎn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
359.010:tǎn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
tǎn粵taam2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
タン Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
吐敢 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TFF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4480.9 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1040.130 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
332.36 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0617j Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+83FC
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7130

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
thamX · 吐敢 · 咸開一上談透 · #2023

PHONO-ML, source line 12401; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1148.104
kDaeJaweon
1499.060
kGSR
0617j
kHanYu
53239.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
1499.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53239.070
kIRGKangXi
1040.130
kKangXi
1040.130
kMatthews
6077
kMeyerWempe
2934b
kMorohashi
31240:E0102
kSBGY
332.36
kSMSZD2003Index
587.01
kCangjie
TFF
kFourCornerCode
4480.9
kMojiJoho
MJ022182 MJ022182:E0101 MJ022183:E0102
kPhonetic
1568
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-695A
kIRG_HSource
HB2-DB65
kIRG_JSource
J1-5844
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6E25
kIRG_KSource
K2-5837
kIRG_TSource
T2-3F4A
kRSUnicode
140.8
kTotalStrokes
11
kBigFive
DB65
kCCCII
227E56
kCNS1986
2-3F4A
kCNS1992
2-3F4A
kEACC
227E56
kGB3
7358
kGB8
9437
kJis1
5636
kMainlandTelegraph
5485
kTGH
2013:7130
kTaiwanTelegraph
5485
kXerox
306:127
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+19742+140.3.8
kCantonese
taam2
kDefinition
rush or sedge
kFanqie
吐敢
kHanyuPinyin
53239.070:tǎn
kJapanese
タン
kJapaneseKun
OGI
kJapaneseOn
TAN
kMandarin
tǎn
kSMSZD2003Readings
tǎn粵taam2
kTGHZ2013
359.010:tǎn
kTang
tɑ̌m
kXHC1983
1115.080:tǎn

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 菼0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 炎 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱艹炎$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹炎$(GHTJKP)

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