Hanja Analyzer
潭

潭 — dam

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
못[池] 담
Romanization
dam
English
deep pool, lake; deep, profound
Mandarin
tán
Japanese on'yomi
タン, シン, イン, ジン
Japanese kun'yomi
ふち ふか.い
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Radical
水 (85, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
覃
Unicode
U+6F6D

Parts that make up 潭

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 覃 깊을 담sound 항아리에 오래 담근 모양깊다. ‘담·심’ 계열의 소리

How 潭 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 潭 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 覃.

Korean example words with 潭

  • 담소潭沼 Korean gloss: 못의 소
  • 석담石潭 Korean gloss: 바위가 깊게 파여 물이 맑게 괴어 있는 곳
  • 담담하다潭潭 Korean gloss: 물이 깊고 넓다
  • 담연潭淵 Korean gloss: 깊은 못.
  • 심담深潭 Korean gloss: 깊은 못.
  • 연담淵潭 Korean gloss: 깊은 못.
  • 준담濬潭 Korean gloss: 깊은 못.
  • 녹담綠潭 Korean gloss: 푸른 연못.
  • 징담澄潭 Korean gloss: 맑은 연못.
  • 담학潭壑 Korean gloss: 깊은 골짜기.
  • 연담蓮潭 Korean gloss: ‘유일’의 호.
  • 화담花潭 Korean gloss: ‘서경덕’의 호.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 潭

  • 深潭しんたん abyss
  • 古潭こたん old abyss

Characters sharing the phonetic 覃

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “담”

Other hanja with radical 水

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