丹

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Readings 3.2.2 Compounds 3.2.3 Related terms 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 References 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

丹 (radical 3 丶+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 月卜 (BY), four-corner 7744₀)

1. cinnabar (native HgS)
2. vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment)
3. (medicine): tablet, capsule or pill

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 80, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 99
• Dae Jaweon: page 162, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 44, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4E39

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

丹 (Yale daan1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

丹 (common kanji)

[edit] Noun

丹 (hiragana に, romaji ni)

1. red
2. red earth

[edit] Readings

• On: たん (tan)
• Kun: あか (aka), に (ni)

[edit] Compounds

• 丹花
• 丹砂
• 丹朱
• 丹色
• 丹精, 丹誠
• 丹青
• 丹前
• 丹頂
• 丹田
• 丹毒
• 丹念
• 丹碧

[edit] Related terms

• 丹塗り

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

丹
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 단, 란 (난) (revised: dan, lan (nan), McCune-Reischauer: tan, ran (nan))

• Name (hangeul): 붉을, 정성스러울 (revised: bulgeun, jeongseongsureoul, McCune-Reischauer: pulgǔn, jǒngsǒngsǔrǒul)

[edit] References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丹

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

丹 (pinyin dān (dan1), Wade-Giles tan¹)

1. (medicine): tablet, pellet or pill
2. (color): red
3. (mineral): cinnabar

[edit] Compounds

牡丹 上丹田

灵宝护心丹 中丹田

定坤丹 下丹田

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

丹 (đan, đam, đơn)