tāng

common
verb
variant:䠀

Meaning of

蹚 means to wade through (shallow water or mud); to turn over soil with a plow to remove weeds and bank up crops. Pronounced tāng.

  • to wade through (shallow water or mud)
  • to turn over soil with a plow to remove weeds and bank up crops

Character Info

Radical
Strokes15
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

men
tāng
shuǐ
guò
 

We waded through the water to cross the river.

hòu
shàng
yǒu
shuǐ
 
men
zhǐ
hǎo
tāng
zhe
shuǐ
zǒu
 

After the rain, there was standing water on the road, so we had to wade through it.

Shuǐ
shēn
de
fang
néng
tāng
 
děi
zuò
chuán
 

You can't wade where the water is deep; you have to take a boat.