丹
丹 — Rust-colored
rust-colored, red, red lead, pills, sincerity
On’yomiタン (tan)
Kun’yomiに (ni)
Stroke order (4 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 丹
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丹念 | たんねん tannen | painstaking; careful; meticulous |
| 丹誠 | たんせい tansei | working earnestly; sincerity; diligence |
| 牡丹 | ぼたん botan | tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat) |
Study notes
丹 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 4 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1402 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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