痰 — Chinese character
痰
tán
mucus, phlegm, spit
- Pinyin
- tán
- Radical
- 104 ⽧ (Sickness)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 疒 炎
- Formation
- pictophonetic — sickness; meaning component 疒; sound component 炎
- Japanese
- 痰 as a kanji
Common words with 痰
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 化痰 | huà tán | to transform phlegm (TCM) |
| 吐痰 | tǔ tán | to spit; to expectorate |
| 痰盂 | tán yú | spittoon |
| 祛痰 | qū tán | to dispel phlegm (TCM) |
| 咳痰 | ké tán | to cough up phlegm; to expectorate |
| 卡痰 | kǎ tán | to have phlegm stuck in one's throat |
| 理气化痰 (理氣化痰) | lǐ qì huà tán | (TCM) to rectify 气 (qì) and transform phlegm |
| 痰液 | tán yè | saliva; spittle |
| 痰盂儿 (痰盂兒) | tán yú r | erhua variant of 痰盂 (tán yú) |
| 祛痰药 (祛痰藥) | qū tán yào | medicine to dispel phlegm (TCM) |
| 黏痰 | nián tán | phlegm |
English words written with 痰
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.