旦
(literary) dawn; daybreak; dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
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Dict coverage rank #1,650 U+65E6
How 旦 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
The sun 日 rising over the horizon 一
How to remember it
daybreak · Heisig RSH #30
sun + floor
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 旦 as their sound component
These characters all use 旦 (dàn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旦 sound component | dàn | dawn; morning; day |
| 量 | liáng | measure, volume; amount, quantity |
| 胆 | dǎn | gallbladder; gall, guts, courage |
| 坦 | tǎn | flat, level, smooth; candid, open |
| 担 | dān | to bear, to carry; burden, responsibility |
| 但 | dàn | only; but, however, yet, still |
| 袒 | tǎn | to strip, to bare |
| 疸 | dǎn | jaundice; stomach disorder |
| 靼 | dá | the Tartars |
| 怛 | dá | grieving; worried |
| 亶 | dǎn | real, sincere, true; truth |
| 妲 | dá | concubine of the last Shang emperor |
| 笪 | dá | a coarse mat of rushes or bamboo |
| 钽 | tǎn | tantalum |
Words containing 旦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 复旦大学 | Fù dàn Dà xué | Fudan University, Shanghai |
| 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福 | tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú | fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); … |
| 大柴旦行政委员会 | Dà chái dàn xíng zhèng wěi yuán huì | Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族… |
| 大柴旦行政区 | Dà chái dàn xíng zhèng qū | Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族… |
| 巴旦木 | bā dàn mù | almond (loanword) |
| 刀马旦 | dāo mǎ dàn | female warrior role in Chinese opera |
| 约旦河 | Yuē dàn Hé | Jordan River (in southwestern Asia) |
| 元旦节 | Yuán dàn jié | New Year's Day |
| 一旦 | yī dàn | in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day |
| 花旦 | huā dàn | role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera |
| 文旦 | wén dàn | pomelo |
| 平旦 | píng dàn | (literary) daybreak; dawn |
| 老旦 | lǎo dàn | old woman role in Chinese opera |
| 旦角 | dàn jué | dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors) |
| 正旦 | zhèng dàn | starring female role in a Chinese opera |
| 毁于一旦 | huǐ yú yī dàn | (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achie… |
| 魔王撒旦 | mó Wáng Sā dàn | Satan, Devil king |
| 双旦 | shuāng dàn | Christmas and New Year's Day |
| 武旦 | wǔ dàn | female military role in a Chinese opera |
| 约旦 | Yuē dàn | Jordan (country) |