Chinese character 痰 meaning explanation pronunciation

Writing Sheet

Pinyin tán

Phonetic Notation ㄊㄢˊ

Strokes Count13

Radical疒

Strokes Count without Radical8

Five Stroke CodeUOOI

Cangjie CodeKFF

Zheng CodeTUUO

Stroke Code4134143344334

Four Corner Code00189

UNICODE75F0

Character FormHalf-enclosed

Englishphlegm, mucus, spittle

Frenchcrachat,mucus

GermanyPhlegma (S, Med),Schleim (S, Med)

● 痰

tán ㄊㄢˊ

　◎ 气管、支气管或肺泡黏膜分泌出来的黏液：～喘。～厥。～盂。吐～。

化痰痰厥痰喘痰宫劈历痰核痰桶痰气痰沫痰涎痰火痰火司痰病痰症痰癖痰盂痰盒痰迷痰迷心窍痰饮祛痰

详细字义

◎ 痰 tán

〈名〉

呼吸道分泌而由口、鼻腔排出的粘液 [phlegm]。如:痰厥(中风不省人事);痰诞(痰与口水。偏指痰);痰沫(带痰的唾沫);痰病，痰气(中医指精神性疾病);痰火，痰症(中医术语)

【廣韻】【韻會】徒甘切【正韻】徒監切，𠀤音談。【廣韻】胷上水病。【類篇】病液。【正韻】液所以養筋血，濇不行，則痰聚於鬲上，而手足弱。舊云病液，非也。【正字通】痰有六：溼熱風寒食氣也。【抱朴子至理卷】甘遂葶歷之逐痰癖。