漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
淡: thin, faint
Also: pale, fleeting
JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 炎 gives the sound
11 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
タンtan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 淡々たんたんuninterested; unconcerned; indifferent
- 淡水たんすいfresh water (i.e. not salt water)
- 濃淡のうたんlight and shade; shade (of colour, color)
- 冷淡れいたんcool; indifferent; apathetic
- 淡白たんぱくlight (flavor, color, etc.); simple; plain
あわいawai · kun'yomi · on its own
- 淡いあわいlight (color, taste, etc.)
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
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 · dàn
Same form: 淡 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 淡 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 淡 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dàn 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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