懂中文 Dong Chinese

攤

tān

spread out

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 難 represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

難 sound component

難  Sound component

nán, nàn

  

difficult

Evolution

攤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
攤 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

摊 (攤) 

tān

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

Most common words with 攤
Freq.
Word
Meaning

摊

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