攤
open, broaden, apportion
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Readings
On'yomi
- タン
Kun'yomi
- ひら.く
Meaning
攤 centers on spreading something out: opening it up, broadening its reach, or dividing it into shares.
Study
Etymology
攤 combines 扌 (hand) with 難, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of spreading or distributing by hand.
Meaning mnemonic
The hand radical 扌 beside 難 suggests a hand spreading something difficult apart: opening it up, broadening it, or apportioning it piece by piece.
Reading mnemonic
For タン, imagine a hand spreading tan-colored sand evenly across a beach: tan -> タン, and the hand opens and broadens the spread.