漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
黛: blackened eyebrows
JLPT N116 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
黒 carries the meaning · 代 is drawn in
16 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
タイtai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 黛青たいせいblackish blue
まゆずみmayuzumi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 黛まゆずみeyebrow makeup; eyebrow pencil
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Into the shadows! This radical represents the deepest, darkest hue in nature—the color of soot, midnight, and charcoal.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side黛 blackened eyebrows · 代
vs黙 silence · 犬In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · dài
Same form: 黛 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 黛 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 黛 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dài 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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