灘 Stroke Order

灘 tān 【名】 1. A flat area formed by silt deposits at the river or sea edge or a sandbar in the water. (English: beach) - Example: 灘頭 (beachhead), 河灘 (river beach), 海灘 (seaside), 鹽灘 (salt flat). 2. A place in a river with shallow water, many stones, and a swift current. (English: rapids) - Example: 險灘 (dangerous rapids). 本义: 河道中水淺流急多沙石的地方 (Original meaning: A place in the river where the water is shallow, the current is swift, and there are many stones and sand.) 造字法: 形聲。从水，難声 (Characte creation method: Phonetic compound, composed of water and a phonetic component.) 引: 1. 唐崔道融《溪夜詩》: 卻放輕舟下急灘。 (Tang Dynasty poet Cui Daorong: Leisurely rowing the boat downstream through the rapids.) 2. 《廣韻·平聲寒韻》: 灘，水灘。 (Guangyun: Tān refers to a water beach.) 例: “灘瀨”的“灘”是後起字，是“湍”的音轉。 (The "tān" in "tān lǎi" (rapids) is a later developed character, phonetically derived from "tuan.") 3. 灘頭. Refers to the silt flat exposed when water recedes along the banks of rivers, lakes, or seas. (English: beachhead) - Example: 唐· 岑參《江上阻風雨》: 雲低岸花掩，水漲灘草沒。 (Tang Dynasty poem by Cen Shen: Clouds low, flowers hide the bank, the rising water submerges the beach grass.) 4. 等級 (English: grade) - Example: 郭沫若《十批判書》: 這種奴隸叫作“三灘娃子”。 (Guo Moruo: This type of slave is called "three-tān children," where "tān" signifies grade.) 量: 用於在平面上成灘的東西 (English: spot) 引: 1. 楊朔《亂人坑》: 鼻子流出一大灘血。 (Yang Shuo: A huge spot of blood flowed from his nose.)