Kanji

丹

Meaning

rust-colored red red lead

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • に red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium)
  • に いろ red
  • に ぬり painting red

On'yomi

  • たん せい working earnestly
  • たん ねん painstaking
  • ぼ たん tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

丹
rust-colored, red, red lead...
に, タン
冂
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ, ケイ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
丶
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ

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