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Kanji Detail for 暖 - "warm, warmth, to heat up"

暖

  • Meaning

    暖 means "warm, warmth, to heat up."

    1. Warm - Moderately hot; comfortable.

    2. Warmth - The quality of being warm.

  • Words using 暖

    • 温暖 おんだん Listen warm; mild; temperate
    • 暖冬 だんとう Listen mild winter; warm winter
    • 冷暖房 れいだんぼう Listen air conditioning and heating
    • 暖かい あたたかい Listen warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot
    • 暖簾 のれん Listen (short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store)
    • 寒暖計 かんだんけい Listen thermometer
    • 地球温暖化 ちきゅうおんだんか Listen global warming

  • Four-character idioms with 暖

    • 冷暖自知 れいだんじち Listen spiritual enlightenment only comes through personal experience
    • 暖衣飽食 だんいほうしょく Listen well-fed and well-dressed
    • 飽食暖衣 ほうしょくだんい Listen being well fed and warmly clothed

  • Tattoo check: 暖

    • Verified meaning: warm, warmth, to heat up
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あたた, あつ, いお, いのお)

    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 暖

    Given names 暖(あたた)Listen 暖(いふ)Listen 暖(うらら)Listen 暖(だん)Listen 暖(のどか)Listen 暖(のん)Listen 暖(はる)Listen 暖(はるか)Listen

    Surnames 暖(あつ)Listen 暖(いお)Listen 暖(いのお)Listen 暖(いび)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    warmth

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    warm, genial

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 暖[nuan3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    warm, genial

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

    Warm. Such as 寒暖 (cold and warm). Also 暖帽 (warm hat), 暖鍋 (hot pot) have this meaning. | To warm something cold is also called 暖. Such as 暖壽 (birthday celebration), 暖房 (housewarming), both meaning festive occasions.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    dan(ダン) ダン

    non(ノン) ノン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    atata.ka(あたた-か) あたた-か

    atata.maru(あたた-まる) あたた-まる

    atata.meru(あたた-める) あたた-める

    atataka.i(あたた-かい) あたた-かい

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)

  • Related Keywords

    warm warmth heat up mild gentle balmy clement cordial cozy hospitable pleasant soothing temperate tepid

Sentences including 暖

  • The air became warm.

  • This winter has been mild.

  • The family received me very warmly.

  • This winter is warm.

  • I think it's getting warmer.

  • In spring days are not always warm.

  • It is as warm today as yesterday.

  • The heating doesn't work.

  • It will become much warmer in march.

  • It is becoming warmer day by day.

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