Chinese symbol for “shallows”
浅滩
qiǎn tān
Traditional: 淺灘
shallows; shoal; sandbar
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shallows is 浅滩 (qiǎn tān), defined as: shallows; shoal; sandbar.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “shallows”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 浅滩.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肤浅 (膚淺) | fū qiǎn | superficial; shallow |
| 搁浅 (擱淺) | gē qiǎn | to run aground; to become stranded; (fig.) to run into difficulties and come to a standstill; to stall |
| 浅薄 (淺薄) | qiǎn bó | superficial |
| 浅色 (淺色) | qiǎn sè | light color |
| 深浅 (深淺) | shēn qiǎn | deep or shallow; depth (of the sea) |
| 粗浅 (粗淺) | cū qiǎn | shallow; superficial |
| 海滩 (海灘) | hǎi tān | beach; measure word: 片 (piàn) |
| 沙滩 (沙灘) | shā tān | beach; sandy shore |
See also: Japanese symbol for “shallows”.
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.