The kanji 丹: meaning, readings and stroke order

丹

Meaning: red, sincerity
On reading: タン tan
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 4
Radical: 丶 dot
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đỏ son, tận tâm (đan)
Japanese: あかいいろ。まごころ。
Korean: 붉은색, 정성 (단·란)
Chinese: 朱红、诚心

Readings, words and example sentences

タン tan · on reading · less common

丹たん念ねん
with great care
丹たん念ねんに色をぬります。
I color it in very carefully.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.