漢字Kanji · in Time & Sequence
丹: rust-colored, red
Also: red lead, pills, sincerity
JLPT N14 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
丶 carries the meaning · 冂 is drawn in
4 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
タンtan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 丹念たんねんpainstaking; careful; meticulous
- 丹誠たんせいworking earnestly; sincerity; diligence
にni · kun'yomi · on its own
- 丹にred earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or…
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Pictogram (象形)
Pictogram (象形) of a well or mine with cinnabar inside. It can also indicate "red cinnabar" used in dyeing clothes (e.g., 彤).
Source: Wiktionary, 丹 (rev. 93643016), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Casing + dot (丶). Represents a piece of "vermillion" ore or a precious red stone (the "dot") contained within a mine—the origin of the bright red color.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · dān
Same form: 丹 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 丹 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 丹 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dān most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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