丹

rust-colored, red, red lead, pills, sincerity

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

タン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

に

Nanori (名乗り)

たたみまこと

Stroke Order

4 / 4

Information

Grade:8
Strokes:4
JLPT:N1
Frequency:1402

Vocabulary

タン

WordReadingMeaning
丹精タンセイworking earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains
丹念タンネンpainstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
牡丹ボタンtree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
牡丹ボタンtree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
鬼理死丹キリシタンChristianity (in feudal Japan); Christian

Other

WordReadingMeaning
丹いあかいred; crimson; scarlet; vermilion; Red; communist
牡丹ぼうたんtree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
切支丹キリシタンChristianity (in feudal Japan); Christian
牡丹餅ぼたもちadzuki bean-covered mochi; botamochi
丹にred earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

母
mother
Grade 2JLPT 5
月
month, moon
Grade 1JLPT 5
勺
ladle, one tenth of a go, dip
Grade 9JLPT 1
毎
every
Grade 2JLPT 5
凡
commonplace, ordinary, mediocre
Grade 8JLPT 1
仁
humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel
Grade 6JLPT 1
夕
evening
Grade 1JLPT 4
丸
round, full (month), perfection, -ship, pills, make round, roll up, curl up, seduce, explain away
Grade 2JLPT 2
舟
boat, ship
Grade 8JLPT 2
肝
liver, pluck, nerve, chutzpah
Grade 8JLPT 1