坦 tǎn flat
flat; level; smooth; candid; open
怎么记住“坦”: 土 earth + 旦 dawn = flat. The farmer rakes the earth at dawn until the whole new football field is flat.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
坦 = 土 earth + 旦 dawn
- 土 earth meaning
- 旦 dawn sound
The farmer rakes the earth at dawn until the whole new football field is flat.
How it came to be
The earth gives the meaning and the dawn the sound.
用法
- Two senses: physically flat/smooth: 平坦 (píngtǎn) level; and figuratively open/frank: 坦白 (tǎnbái) confess, 坦率 (tǎnshuài) / 坦诚 (tǎnchéng) candid.
- 坦然 (tǎnrán) = calm and untroubled, at peace: 坦然面对 (tǎnrán miànduì) face it with equanimity.
- 坦克 (tǎnkè) = tank is a pure sound-loan and unrelated to these meanings.