Chinese symbol for “exclaim”
叹
tàn
Traditional: 嘆
to sigh; to exclaim
The closest CC-CEDICT match for exclaim is 叹 (tàn), defined as: to sigh; to exclaim.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 叹.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 感叹 (感嘆) | gǎn tàn | to sigh (with feeling); to lament |
| 叹息 (嘆息) | tàn xī | to sigh; to gasp (in admiration) |
| 叹气 (嘆氣) | tàn qì | to sigh; to heave a sigh |
| 惊叹 (驚嘆) | jīng tàn | to exclaim in admiration; a gasp of surprise |
| 赞叹 (讚嘆) | zàn tàn | to exclaim in admiration |
| 叹为观止 (嘆為觀止) | tàn wéi guān zhǐ | (idiom) to gasp in amazement; to acclaim as the peak of perfection |
See also: Japanese symbol for “exclaim”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.