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Keyword
dark clouds
  • cloudy
  • overcast
Frequency
#3636
Strokes
8
Readings
tán
Mnemonic
The sun 日 hidden behind a cloud 云
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Used in vocabulary
昙tán
dark clouds
昙花一现tánhuāyīxiàn
lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once; flash in the pan (idiom); short-lived
昙花tánhuā
Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)