Radical
Strokes
7
Residual strokes
4
Mandarin
tān
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
4 strokes
Strokes
7 strokes
Mandarin
tān

Definitions by reading

tam1
Mandarin equivalent tān
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng tam1 Chaoyang tam1 Chenghai tang1 Jieyang tam1 Raoping tam1 Shantou tam1
坍〈动〉
水冲岸塌;引申为倒塌 [collapse]。如:坍江(江水泛滥淹没田地);坍塌(倒塌)
引申指衰颓,凋敝 [wither]
过惯了好日子,一朝坍下来,真受苦。――丁玲《母亲》                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

坍tān崖、岸、建筑物或堆起的东西等倒塌,从基底部崩坏:河堤~了。房屋~了。货堆~了。
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English meaning

collapse; landslide