苫

The character "苫" has 8 strokes. "苫" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "苫" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "苫" are "shān" "shàn" . View the stroke order of "苫">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "苫"

n.: straw cover; straw mat

v.: cover (with a straw mat, tarpaulin, etc)

Form words with "苫"

Example phrases using "苫"

• 房顶苫了一块油布。

  The roof was covered with a tarpaulin.

• 他们蹬突苫到来打乱了斡们赌计划。

  Their unexpected arrival threw our plan confusion.

• 我要用这些泥灰苫背屋顶.

  I will lay the foundation of the roof with the marl.

• 那儿有二十间棕榈叶苫成的屋子，其中任何一间都可以做他们的家。

  Home was in any one of twenty palm-thatched houses.