丹

4 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 7th grade
JLPT exam level N1

rust-colored, red, red lead, pills, sincerity

Kun'yomi
  • に
    		red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium)
On'yomi
  • タン
Nanori
  • た
  • たみ
  • まこと

Main Radical

丶(KanXi) 丿(Nelson)

Reading Commonality

タン 54.6%
に 41.2%
たみ 3.9%
た 0.3%

Character Breakdown

rust-colored, red, red lead
タン　に　たみ (7th, N1)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)

Contained In

旃 栴

Common Words

たん
丹
ば
波
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
に
丹
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium)
たん
丹
せい
精
working earnestly
じん
仁
たん
丹
Jintan (brand-name breath mint marketed as having various medicinal properties)
たん
丹
ご
後
Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
たん
丹
ねん
念
painstaking
に
丹
いろ
色
red
に
丹
ぬ
塗
　
り
painting red
あお
青
に
丹
greenish-black earth ②green verditer ③dark green tinged with yellow
あか
赤
に
丹
red
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References

Unicode hex code 4E39
JIS X 0208 1-35-16
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 163
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 36
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3441
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4249
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 2147
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2897
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2038
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2196
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1263
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 79
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1852
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 99
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1563
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1093
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1144
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1028
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1016
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1813
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 18
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 2058
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 0a4.34
Four corner code 7744.0
De Roo Code 3647