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丹

dān

cinnabar (native HgS)

Depicts a chunk of cinnabar found in a well for mining.

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a chunk of cinnabar.

井 iconic component

井  Iconic component

jǐng

  

well

Depicts a well for mining.

Evolution

丹 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
丹 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
丹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
丹 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
丹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

丹  

dān

cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment); red; pellet; powder; cinnabar

Most common words with 丹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

丹

red

丹尼

Danny (name)

丹麦

Denmark

苏丹

Sudan

丹尼斯

Dennis (name)

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (2 verified)

彤 旃

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

坍

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tˤan

tan

dān

cinnabar


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 14.4001% of movies

1001st most common character in movies

1280th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+4E39

Shuowen

“丹，巴越之赤石也。象采丹井，一象丹形。，古文丹。，亦古文丹。”


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