Moto 淡: Thin; Faint; PaleKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- タン
- Kun'yomi
- あわ(い)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 53 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (タン)
- 淡水たんすいfresh water (i.e. not salt water)
- 濃淡のうたんlight and shade; shade (of colour, color)
- 冷淡れいたんcool; indifferent
- 淡水魚たんすいぎょfreshwater fish
- 淡紅色たんこうしょくpink; rose
- 冷淡無情れいたんむじょうcold-hearted; callous
- 平淡へいたんsimple; quiet
- 得意淡然とくいたんぜんnot letting oneself puffed up by one's success; maintaining a serene state of mind when one has achieved a great success
- 恬淡てんたんdisinterested; unselfish
- 恬淡虚無てんたんきょむrising above the trivia of life and remaining calm and selfless
- 枯淡こたんelegant simplicity
- 淡味たんみlight flavor
- 淡彩たんさいlight colouring; light coloring
- 淡彩画たんさいがwash drawing
- 淡水ダイビングたんすいダイビングfreshwater diving
- 淡水フグたんすいフグfreshwater puffer fish
- 淡水化たんすいかdesalination; desalinization
- 淡水化プラントたんすいかプラントdesalination plant
- 淡水湖たんすいこfreshwater lake
- 淡水産たんすいさんfreshwater; limnetic
- 淡水藻たんすいそうfresh-water algae
- 淡淡たんたんuninterested; unconcerned
- 淡湖たんこfreshwater lake
- 淡然たんぜんplain; indifferent
- 淡紅たんこうpink; rose
- 淡紫色たんししょくlilac (colour); mauve
- 淡緑色たんりょくしょくlight green
- 淡色たんしょくlight color; light colour
- 淡色野菜たんしょくやさいvegetables not high in beta-carotene
- 淡褐色たんかっしょくlight brown
- 淡青色たんせいしょくlight blue; ice blue
- 淡麗たんれいsmooth and refreshing (of sake); light with a clean finish
- 淡黄たんこうpale yellow; light yellow
- 淡黄色たんおうしょくpale yellow; light yellow
- 濃淡画像のうたんがぞうgrayscale image; greyscale image
- 無欲恬淡むよくてんたんindifferent to worldly gain
- 虚無恬淡きょむてんたんrising above the trivia of life and remaining calm and selfless
- 閑寂枯淡かんじゃくこたんaesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasising quiet simplicity and subdued refinement
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 淡いあわいlight; faint
- 淡路あわじAwaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
- 淡路大震災あわじだいしんさいthe Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 (the epicenter was located on Awaji island)
- 淡路結びあわじむすびvar. of knot often used to tie mizu-hiki
- 淡雪あわゆきlight snowfall
Other readings
- 淡々たんたんuninterested; unconcerned
- 淡泊たんぱくlight (color, colour, taste); simple
- 淡すさわすto remove the astringent taste from persimmons
- 淡口うすくちlight (flavor); lightly-seasoned
- 淡口醤油うすくちしょうゆthin soy sauce; light soy sauce
- 淡水河豚たんすいフグfreshwater puffer fish
- 淡白たんぱくlight (color, colour, taste); simple
- 淡竹はちくHenon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
- 淡色木間蝶うすいろこのまちょうevening brown butterfly (Melanitis leda); common evening brown
- 淡青うすあおlight blue; pale blue
Kanji that often appear with 淡
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