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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

暖: warmth

JLPT N113 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

日 carries the meaning · 爰 gives the sound

13 strokes

Four readings, and the words that use each

ダンdan · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 暖流だんりゅうwarm current
  • 暖冬だんとうmild winter
  • 暖房だんぼうheating system
  • 暖炉だんろfireplace, hearth
  • 暖気だんきwarmth
  • 寒暖計かんだんけいthermometer
  • 温暖なおんだんなwarm [adj.]

あたたかいatatakai · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 暖かいあたたかいwarm [adj.]

あたたまるatatamaru · kun'yomi

  • 暖まるあたたまるget warm, warm oneself [v.i.]

あたためるatatameru · kun'yomi

  • 暖めるあたためるwarm, heat [v.t.]

Also read ノン, あたたか, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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“The life-giving sun in the sky! This simple box was once a perfect circle, representing the regular rising and setting of the sun that marks the rhythm of our lives.”
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
日

Also built on sun (日)

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爰

Also built on 爰

The 爰 family reads エン (en); 暖 is read ダン、ノン.

Also read ダン

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
暖 warmth · 日
vs援 abet · 扌
暖 has 日 where 援 has 扌.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · nuǎn

Same form: 暖 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
暖 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
暖 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin nuǎn 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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