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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:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
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

WordPinyinMeaning
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)