淡
insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent; (variant of 氮[dan4]) nitrogen
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,234 U+6DE1
How 淡 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 炎 (phonetic, yán)
How to remember it
thin · Heisig RSH #175
火 fire + 水 water + 炎 inflammation
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 炎
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 炎 (yán) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 炎 sound component | yán | flame, blaze; hot |
| 谈 | tán | to talk, to chat; conversation; surname |
| 氮 | dàn | nitrogen |
| 毯 | tǎn | rug, carpet, blanket |
| 痰 | tán | mucus, phlegm, spit |
| 啖 | dàn | to feed; to eat; to chew, to bite; to entice |
| 郯 | tán | an ancient city; surname |
| 剡 | yǎn | sharp, pointed; to sharpen |
| 赕 | dǎn | fine, penalty |
| 锬 | tán | long spear |
Words containing 淡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 君子之交淡如水 | jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ | a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) |
| 淡水区 | Dàn shuǐ Qū | Tamsui or Danshui District, New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan |
| 平淡无奇 | píng dàn wú qí | ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about |
| 淡水鱼 | dàn shuǐ yú | freshwater fish |
| 淡水湖 | dàn shuǐ hú | freshwater lake |
| 冷淡关系 | lěng dàn guān xì | cold relations (e.g. between countries) |
| 性冷淡 | xìng lěng dàn | frigidity |
| 淡水 | Dàn shuǐ | Tamsui or Danshui, district of New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan |
| 淡水 | dàn shuǐ | freshwater |
| 淡脚树莺 | dàn jiǎo shù yīng | (bird species of China) pale-footed bush warbler (Hemitesia pallidipes) |
| 淡化 | dàn huà | to water down; to play down; to trivialize; to weaken; to become dull with time; to desali… |
| 淡蓝色 | dàn lán sè | light blue |
| 平淡 | píng dàn | flat; dull; ordinary; nothing special |
| 淡出 | dàn chū | to fade out (cinema); to withdraw from (politics, acting etc); to fade from (memory) |
| 淡光 | dàn guāng | shimmer |
| 淡定 | dàn dìng | calm and collected; unperturbed |
| 淡黄 | dàn huáng | light yellow |
| 淡腹点翅朱雀 | dàn fù diǎn chì zhū què | (bird species of China) Sharpe's rosefinch (Carpodacus verreauxii) |
| 清淡 | qīng dàn | light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid; slack (sales) |
| 淡然 | dàn rán | tranquil and calm; indifferent |