丹

vermilion; rust-colored; red; red lead; pills; sincerity

4 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1402.

Readings

• タン (on reading): 契丹 (きったん) Khitan people; 丹 (たん) cinnabar
• に (kun reading): 丹 (に) red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); 丹塗り (にぬり) painting red

Components

• 冂
• 丶
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 一 radical one
• 丶 radical dot
• 亅 radical hook

Kanji containing 丹

• 旃 woollen cloth
• 栴 maple tree

Words using 丹

• 契丹 (きったん) Khitan people
• 丹 (たん) cinnabar
• 牡丹雪 (ぼたんゆき) large snowflakes
• 牡丹 (ぼたん) tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
• 伊勢丹 (いせたん) Isetan (department store)
• 丹 (に) red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium)
• 丹塗り (にぬり) painting red
• 丹色 (にいろ) red
• 青丹 (あおに) greenish-black earth
• 赤丹 (あかに) red
• 伊丹市立美術館 (いたみしりつびじゅつかん) Itami City Museum of Art

59 words in all.

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