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丹
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cinnabar red

HSK 7 N1
Abstract →Colors
dān
タン
に
단
Depicts a chunk of cinnabar found in a well for mining.
Components
◎ characterless component+ 井 well =
丹 cinnabar red
◎ Iconic component
characterless component
Depicts a chunk of cinnabar.
井 Iconic component
jǐng well
well, mine shaft, pit
Depicts a well for mining.
Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
丹
Regular
Modern
Chinese
丹 [dān]
red; pellet; powder; cinnabar
Japanese
丹 に 同音
noun red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
丹 あか
Aka surnamegiven name
丹 あかい
Akai surname
丹 あかし
Akashi surnamegiven name
丹 あきら
Akira female given name
丹 いい
Ii unclassified name
丹 いのい
Inoi unclassified name
丹 うにゅう
Unyū unclassified name
丹 たな
Tana surname
丹 たみ
Tami surname
丹 たん
Tan surname
丹 たんさき
Tansaki surname
丹 たんそう
Tansou unclassified name
丹 にい
Nii surname
丹 にほ
Niho female given name
丹 にわ
Niwa surname
丹 まこと
Makoto given name
CHINESE WORDS (178)
丹尼 [Dān​ní] #2,720
Danny (name)
丹麦 [Dān​mài] #9,170
Denmark
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Denmark
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Sudan
苏丹 [Sū​dān] #10,894
Sudan
丹尼斯 [Dān​ní​sī] #4,373
Dennis (name)
丹尼尔 [Dān​ní​'ěr] #4,701
Daniel (name)
丹尼尔 [Dān​ní​'ěr] #4,701
Daniel (name)
乔丹 [Qiáo​dān] #9,005
Jordan (name)
乔丹 [Qiáo​dān] #9,005
Jordan (name)
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JAPANESE WORDS (79)
⭐ 赤い [あかい] #634
red
⭐ 丹念 [たんねん] #12,711
painstaking
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tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
⭐ 丹精 [たんせい] #32,262
working earnestly
丹波 [たんば] #34,562
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
丹後 [たんご] #46,816
Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
丹田 [たんでん] #53,378
point below the navel (a focus point for internal meditative techniques)
⭐ 切支丹 [キリシタン] #54,464
Christianity (in feudal Japan)
ぼた餅 [ぼたもち] #72,955
adzuki bean-covered mochi
棚ボタ [たなぼた] #73,166
godsend
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
단전
lower abdomen