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痰 (たん, tan) Japanese meaning: phlegm | Kotomora
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Expressions 痰たん を 切き る clear phlegm from the throat; break up mucus · speak sharply; talk big; rant Related words 咳せき 咳 is a cough (the action or symptom), while 痰 is the phlegm itself.
鼻はな 水みず 鼻水 is nasal mucus (runny nose), while 痰 is phlegm from the throat or lungs.
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I had the doctor examine my sputum.
sputum test; sputum examination
Written forms 痰たん Usage 25%
Kanji form; usually written in kana.
たん Usage 67%
Kana spelling is the usual everyday written form.
タン Usage 8%
Etymology The kanji 痰 is a phono-semantic compound: the radical 疒 (sickness) combined with 炎 (inflammation), suggesting a disease-related secretion. The reading たん is the on'yomi.
