Pronunciation & meaning
- Pronunciation
Mandarinㄉㄢ dān
Cantonesedaan1
Taiwanesetan
- Meaning
- cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment)
- Kangxi Radical
- 丶 · 4 strokes
Common words
- 蘇丹sū dān(loanword) sultan
- 牡丹mǔ dantree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
- 丹田dān tiánpubic region; point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides
- 煉丹liàn dānto concoct pills of immortality
- 丹青dān qīngpainting
- 靈丹妙藥líng dān miào yàoeffective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems; panacea
- 仙丹xiān dānelixir; magic potion
- 丹頂鶴dān dǐng hè(bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
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