丹
Meanings
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- 1.red
- 2.pellet
- 3.powder
- 4.cinnabar
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Wiktionary
- 1.cinnabar
- 2.red
- 3.refined medical substance
- 4.a surname
- 5.Dan
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形) of a well or mine with cinnabar inside. It can also indicate "red cinnabar" used in dyeing clothes (e.g., 彤). The original version is 𠂁. See also the bottom part of 青 (< 𤯞). Schuessler (2007) suggests a Kam-Tai origin, comparing it to Proto-Kam-Sui *h-lanꟲ (“red”). 矸, as in 丹矸, may be a variant; see there for more. Alternatively, it may be from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t(j)a-n ~ *tsa-n (“red”), whence Burmese တာ (ta, “very red”) (Matisoff, 2003; Hill, 2014); however, STEDT currently does not compare this to 丹. Possibly related to 旃 (OC *tjan, “a plain red flag”), as well as 袒 (OC *daːnʔ, “to bare; to strip oneself naked to the waist”), as skin color is often associated with "red". See these entries for more.
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
冰島曾屬於丹麥。
Iceland belonged to Denmark.
冰島以前屬於丹麥。
Iceland used to belong to Denmark.
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