昙 — Chinese character
昙
tán
cloudy, overcast
- Pinyin
- tán
- Radical
- 72 ⽇ (Sun)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 日 云
- Formation
- ideographic — The sun 日 hidden behind a cloud 云
- Traditional
- 曇
Common words with 昙
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 昙花一现 (曇花一現) | tán huā yī xiàn | lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once; flash in the pan (idiom) |
| 昙花 (曇花) | tán huā | Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.