The kanji 淡: meaning, readings and stroke order
淡
- Meaning
- pale, light
- On reading
- タン tan
- Kun reading
- あわ(い) awai
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- nhạt, thanh đạm (đạm)
- Japanese
- うすい。あわい。
- Korean
- 옅다, 연하다 (담)
- Chinese
- 淡、浅
Readings, words and example sentences
タン tan · on reading · less common
淡水
fresh water
淡水に すむ 魚です。
This is a fish that lives in fresh water.
あわ(い) awai · kun reading
淡い
light, pale (color)
淡い 色の 服を 着ます。
I wear clothes in a pale color.
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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.