JLPT N1 · 4 strokes
Kanji 丹: "rust-colored, red, red lead"
The kanji 丹 means "rust-colored, red, red lead, pills, sincerity". It is written with 4 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read タン in on'yomi and に in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
タン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
に
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | rust-colored, red, red lead, pills, sincerity |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 4 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1402 of 2,501 |
Common words with 丹
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 丹念painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous
- 丹red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
- 牡丹tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan · wild boar (meat)
- 丹精working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort
- 丹波Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
- 丹後Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
- 切支丹Christianity (in feudal Japan); Christian
- 丹田point below the navel (a focus point for internal meditative techniques)
- 安本丹fool; idiot
- 丹前large padded kimono
- 甲比丹chief trader (of the Dutch trading post at Dejima) · captain (of a European ship; Edo period)
- 牡丹雪large snowflakes
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