Read Edit View history 贪 tān HSK7 greedy Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a mouth (今) facing a shell (贝). In ancient China, shells were used as currency. 今 also represents the sound. Simplified form of 貪. Pinyin Separate values with commas tān × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 貪 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 贪 Simp strokes 贪 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 贪 Simp strokes 贪 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 贪 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 481, 856 ], [ 504, 812 ], [ 461, 749 ], [ 379, 660 ], [ 307, 598 ], [ 227, 545 ], [ 109, 488 ] ], [ [ 529, 775 ], [ 534, 762 ], [ 660, 664 ], [ 774, 595 ], [ 798, 585 ], [ 845, 578 ], [ 964, 572 ] ], [ [ 474, 665 ], [ 522, 638 ], [ 535, 624 ] ], [ [ 348, 518 ], [ 381, 507 ], [ 406, 509 ], [ 536, 562 ], [ 572, 560 ], [ 596, 538 ], [ 512, 422 ] ], [ [ 343, 405 ], [ 370, 378 ], 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412 Q 491 412 484 409 Q 432 399 389 395 C 359 392 372 363 402 366 Q 409 366 416 367 Q 587 407 606 396 Q 613 381 615 340 Q 615 219 607 194 Z", "M 479 279 Q 479 135 431 80 Q 391 29 247 -15 Q 234 -16 231 -19 Q 225 -23 239 -29 Q 309 -42 426 9 Q 442 19 456 32 Q 513 84 532 253 Q 535 277 546 303 Q 552 313 544 321 Q 528 337 496 353 Q 477 363 461 358 Q 442 352 456 335 Q 481 307 479 279 Z", "M 564 79 Q 622 36 693 -27 Q 711 -45 726 -48 Q 735 -48 741 -37 Q 751 -24 735 19 Q 720 68 562 110 Q 552 114 551 101 Q 552 88 564 79 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.