丹
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red; pellet; powder; cinnabar
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #708 U+4E39
How 丹 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A red pellet 丶 from a mine 井
components: 冂 亠
How to remember it
cinnabar red · Heisig RSH #1554
hood + a drop of + 一 one
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 丹 as their sound component
These characters all use 丹 (dān) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丹 sound component | dān | cinnabar, red, vermilion; pellet, powder |
| 坍 | tān | collapse; landslide |
| 旃 | zhān | felt; a silk banner on a bent pole |
| 栴 | zhān | sandalwood |
Words containing 丹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丹江口市 | Dān jiāng kǒu Shì | Danjiangkou, a county-level city in Shiyan City 十堰市[Shi2 yan4 Shi4], Hubei |
| 山丹县 | Shān dān Xiàn | Shandan, a county in Zhangye City 張掖市|张掖市[Zhang1 ye4 Shi4], Gansu |
| 拉马丹 | Lā mǎ dān | Ramadan (loanword) |
| 南丹县 | Nán dān Xiàn | Nandan, a county in Hechi City 河池市[He2 chi2 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 丹巴县 | Dān bā Xiàn | Danba, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4… |
| 丹东市 | Dān dōng Shì | Dandong, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] |
| 丹阳市 | Dān yáng Shì | Danyang, a county-level city in Zhenjiang City 鎮江市|镇江市[Zhen4 jiang1 Shi4], Jiangsu |
| 丹尼斯 | Dān ní sī | Dennis (name) |
| 丹尼尔 | Dān ní ěr | Daniel (name) |
| 丹江口 | Dān jiāng kǒu | see 丹江口市[Dan1 jiang1 kou3 Shi4] |
| 太子丹 | Tài zǐ Dān | Prince Dan of Yan (–226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng 嬴… |
| 史丹福大学 | Shǐ dān fú Dà xué | Stanford University |
| 士丹利 | Shì dān lì | Stanley (name) |
| 阿姆斯特丹 | Ā mǔ sī tè dān | Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands |
| 吉兰丹河 | Jí lán dān Hé | Kelantan River of Malaysia, near Thai border |
| 不丹 | Bù dān | Bhutan |
| 吉兰丹州 | Jí lán dān zhōu | Kelantan sultanate of Malaysia, near Thai border, capital Kota Baharu 哥打巴魯|哥打巴鲁[Ge1 da3 ba… |
| 山丹 | Shān dān | see 山丹縣|山丹县[Shan1 dan1 Xian4] |
| 山丹 | shān dān | coral lily (Lilium pumilum) |
| 红毛丹 | hóng máo dān | rambutan or rumbutan (tropical fruit) (Nephelium lappaceum) |