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Kanji Detail for 丹 - "red, cinnabar, sincerity"

丹

  • Meaning

    丹 means "red, cinnabar, sincerity."

    1. Red - A red color.

    2. Cinnabar - A red-colored mineral.

    3. Sincerity - True heart; vital energy.

  • Words using 丹

    • 丹念 たんねん Listen painstaking; careful; meticulous
    • 丹精 たんせい Listen working earnestly; sincerity; diligence

  • Four-character idioms with 丹

    • 臍下丹田 せいかたんでん Listen pit of the stomach

  • Tattoo check: 丹

    • Verified meaning: red, cinnabar, sincerity
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あか, あかい, あかし, あきら)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 丹

    Given names 丹(あか)Listen 丹(あかし)Listen 丹(あきら)Listen

    Surnames 丹(あかい)Listen 丹(いい)Listen 丹(いのい)Listen 丹(うにゅう)Listen 丹(たな)Listen 丹(たみ)Listen 丹(たん)Listen 丹(たんさき)Listen 丹(たんそう)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    rust-colored; red; red lead; pills; sincerity

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment)

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    red; pellet; powder; cinnabar

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    cinnabar, red, vermilion; pellet, powder

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Cinnabar. That is, vermilion. Used as pigment in ancient times. All abbreviated as 丹. Such as calling painting 丹青. Such as calling proofreading 丹鉛, 丹黃. | Red color. Ancient palaces were all decorated in red. Hence the palace courtyard is called 丹墀, 丹陛. | A name for medicine. Daoists took substances to seek immortality; their medicines all contained cinnabar, hence called 丹. Later borrowed as a name for pills and powders. Ordinary medicines are also called 丹. | Country name. Abbreviation of Denmark. In northwestern Europe.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    tan(タン) タン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ni(に) に

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    丶 (ten・chobo)

  • Related Keywords

    red cinnabar vermilion elixir sincerity earnest devoted heartfelt

Sentences including 丹

  • This book should be read with diligence.

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