tān

spread out

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

难 sound component

  Sound component

nánnàn

  

difficult

Evolution

摊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
摊 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
摊 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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tān

spread out, open; apportion; to spread out; vendor's stand

Most common words with 摊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to spread out

烂摊子

terrible mess

摊位

vendor's booth

摊牌

to lay one's cards on the table

分摊

to apportion