丹
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
dān dan1
- red
- pellet
- powder
- cinnabar
Example sentences
- Dan has to learn to think for himself.
- Dan's home phone was tapped by police.
HSK words with 丹
More words with 丹
- 山丹 shāndān coral lily (Lilium pumilum)
- 丹心 dānxīn loyal heart
- 外丹 wàidān Taoist external alchemy
- 丹方 dānfāng folk remedy
- 丹皮 dānpí the root bark of the peony tree
- 内丹 nèidān Taoist internal alchemy
- 丹沙 dānshā cinnabar (used in TCM)
- 丹青 dānqīng painting
- 丹毒 dāndú erysipelas (medicine)
- 丹宁 dānníng (loanword) denim
- 丹药 dānyào Daoist elixir