How to write 灘

灘 tān 名 1. 河海邊淤積成的平地或水中的沙洲。 (English: A flat land or sandbank formed by sedimentation at the edge of rivers and seas.) 2. 江河中水淺多石而水流很急的地方。 (English: A place in rivers where the water is shallow, rocky, and flows rapidly.) 同本義 (beach) 引 1. 《唐崔道融溪夜詩》：卻放輕舟下急灘。 (English: "Let the light boat drift down the rapid beach," from a Tang dynasty poem.) 2. 《廣韻·平聲寒韻》：灘，水灘。 (English: "Beach, water beach" from Guangyun.) 例 按，“灘瀬”的“灘”是後起字，是“湍”的音轉。又如:灘燀（水中沙灘）；灘磧（淺水下的沙石灘）；灘聲，灘響（水激灘石發出的聲音）。 (English: Note that "灘瀬" uses "灘" as a later term, adapted from the sound of "湍". For example: 灘燀 (sand beach in water); 灘磧 (sandstone beach in shallow water); 灘聲, 灘響 (sounds made by water striking the beach rocks).) 灘頭 指江、河、湖、海邊水漲淹沒、水退顯露的淤積平地。 (English: Refers to the flat land exposed by the ebb and flow of water at the edge of rivers, lakes, or seas.) 引 1. 唐·岑參《江上阻風雨》：雲低岸花掩，水漲灘草沒。 (English: "The clouds low cover the flowers by the banks, as the rising water submerges the beach grass," from a Tang dynasty poem.) 2. 宋·李清照《如夢令》：驚起一灘鷗鷺。 (English: "Startling a beachful of seagulls," from a poem by Li Qingzhao in the Song dynasty.) 等級 (grade) 引 1. 郭沫若《十批判書》：這種奴隸叫作“三灘娃子”。灘是等級的意思。管家娃子為頭灘，普通娃子為二灘，娃子的娃子為三灘。 (English: "This type of slave is called 'three-grade boy'. 灘 refers to rank or level; the steward's boy is grade one, the ordinary boy is grade two, and the boy's boy is grade three," from Guo Moruo's "Ten Critiques".) 用於在平面上成灘的東西 (spot) 引 1. 楊朔《亂人坑》：鼻子流出一大灘血。 (English: "A large spot of blood flowed from his nose," from Yang Shuo's "Chaos Pit".)