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淡

淡 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

thin, faint, pale, fleeting

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • タンJHS
Kun (native)
  • あわ(い)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音dan4
  • 한글dam
  • Hán-ViệtĐạm

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6DE1

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵炎

Words using this kanji

  • 淡々たんたんuninterested, unconcerned, indifferent, dispassionate
  • 淡水たんすい塩分をほとんど含まない水。fresh water (i.e. not salt water)
  • 淡白たんぱく「淡泊」の別表記。light (flavor, color, etc.), simple, plain, frank
  • 淡いあわいlight (color, taste, etc.), faint (e.g. smell), pale, faint (feeling, hope, etc.)
  • 淡水魚たんすいぎょ淡水に棲む魚。freshwater fish
  • 淡紅色たんこうしょく淡い紅色。淡紅。うすべに。pink, rose
  • 淡彩たんさいlight colouring, light coloring
  • 淡雪あわゆき「あわゆき」を参照。light snow, light snowfall, thin layer of snow, jellied dessert made of beaten egg white, agar and sugar
  • 淡色たんしょく淡い色。light color, light colour
  • 淡湖たんこ淡水湖。freshwater lake
  • 淡竹はちくHenon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
  • 淡味たんみあっさりした味。薄い味付け。薄味。light flavor
  • 淡麗たんれい（主に酒などの）口当たりがさっぱりしていて癖がないこと。smooth and refreshing (of sake), light with a clean finish
  • 淡黄たんこうpale yellow, light yellow
  • 淡然たんぜんあっさりしていること。淡泊なこと。また、そのようなさま。plain, indifferent, quiet
  • 淡路あわじ兵庫県に属する島。淡路島。 淡路島におかれた令制国。淡路国。 兵庫県にある地名。淡路市。Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture), Awaji (island)
  • 淡紅たんこう淡い紅色。淡紅色。うすべに。pink, rose
  • 淡月たんげつ光が淡い月。おぼろづき。faint moon, hazy moon
  • 淡々あわあわlightly, faintly, delicately
  • 淡墨たんぼくpale Indian ink

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(52 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
Four Corner
3918.9
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a8.15
Heisig
176
Nelson
2602