Moto 丹: Rust-colored; Red; Red LeadKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- タン
- Kun'yomi
- に
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 84 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (タン)
- 丹念たんねんpainstaking; careful
- 丹精たんせいworking earnestly; sincerity
- 丹誠たんせいworking earnestly; sincerity
- 牡丹ぼたんtree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan
- 両丹りょうたんRyōtan (region in Kansai corresponding to the two historical provinces of Tanba and Tango)
- 丹前たんぜんlarge padded kimono
- 丹前風呂たんぜんぶろfamous bathhouse with prostitutes from the early Edo period
- 丹州たんしゅうTanshū (the two former provinces of Tanba and Tango)
- 丹後たんごTango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyōto Prefecture)
- 丹心たんしんsincerity; faithfulness
- 丹朱たんしゅcinnabar; vermilion
- 丹毒たんどくerysipelas
- 丹波たんばTanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyōto, Hyōgo and Ōsaka prefectures)
- 丹田たんでんpoint below the navel (a focus point for internal meditative techniques)
- 丹砂たんしゃcinnabar
- 丹礬たんばんblue vitriol; chalcanthite
- 丹精を込めるたんせいをこめるto take pains (doing something); to take great care
- 丹花たんかred flower
- 丹青たんせいred and blue
- 丹頂たんちょうred-crowned crane (Grus japonensis); Japanese crane
- 丹頂鶴たんちょうづるred-crowned crane (Grus japonensis); Japanese crane
- 仁丹じんたんJintan (brand-name breath mint marketed as having various medicinal properties); refreshing candies resembling BBs or metallic dragees
- 仙丹せんたんelixir (of life)
- 冬牡丹ふゆぼたんPaeonia suffrutticosa; tree peony
- 天竺牡丹てんじくぼたんdahlia
- 宝丹ほうたんtype of smelling salts sold in the late Edo period
- 宝冠牡丹章ほうかんぼたんしょうOrder of the Precious Crown, Peony
- 書丹しょたんwriting an inscription on a stone monument (e.g. before carving it)
- 松葉牡丹まつばぼたんmoss-rose purslane (Portulaca grandiflora)
- 煉丹れんたんelixir of life (prepared from cinnabar in ancient China)
- 煉丹術れんたんじゅつalchemy; art of making elixirs
- 牡丹刷毛ぼたんばけkabuki brush (type of powder brush)
- 牡丹杏ぼたんきょうvariety of Japanese plum
- 牡丹桜ぼたんざくらany oriental variety of cherry tree descended from the Oshima cherry
- 牡丹色ぼたんいろlight crimson; scarlet tinged with purple
- 牡丹蝦ぼたんえびbotan shrimp (Pandalus nipponensis)
- 牡丹鍋ぼたんなべboar meat hot pot; boar stew
- 牡丹防風ぼたんぼうふうPeucedanum japonicum (species of umbellifer with edible leaves)
- 牡丹雪ぼたんゆきlarge snowflakes
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 丹にred earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
- 丹塗りにぬりpainting red; vermillion lacquering
- 丹色にいろred
Other readings
- 不丹ブータンBhutan
- 丹いあかいred; crimson
- 丹塗にぬりpainting red; vermillion lacquering
- 丹波海苔たんばのりGrateloupia elliptica (species of red alga)
- 丹碧たんぺきred and green
- 切支丹キリシタンearly Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian
- 切死丹キリシタンearly Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian
- 吉利支丹キリシタンearly Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian
- 喇叭雲丹らっぱうにflower urchin (Toxopneustes pileolus)
- 契丹きったんKhitan people; Khitai
- 契丹文字きったんもじKhitan script
- 安本丹あんぽんたんfool; idiot
- 巴丹ばたんcockatoo
- 棚から牡丹餅たなからぼたもちsudden windfall; unexpected piece of good luck
- 棚牡丹たなぼたgodsend; windfall
- 牡丹海老ぼたんえびbotan shrimp (Pandalus nipponensis)
- 牡丹皮ぼたんぴpeony root bark
- 牡丹餅ぼたもちadzuki bean-covered mochi; botamochi
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