dān dan

cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment)

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DEFINITIONS

丹 dān
  • red
  • pellet
  • powder
  • cinnabar

STROKES

丹 stroke order diagram
丹 stroke order animation

WORDS

雖好,全憑綠葉扶持 mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán píng lǜ yè fú chí Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
虽好,终须绿叶扶持 mǔ dan suī hǎo , zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chí Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
雖好,終須綠葉扶持 mǔ dan suī hǎo , zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chí Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
wáng dān Wang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989
寺 gān dān sì Ganden monastery, Tibetan: dGa' ldan rNam rgyal gling, Dagzê county 達孜縣|达孜县[Da2 zi1 xian4], Lhasa, Tibet
红毛 hóng máo dān rambutan or rumbutan (tropical fruit) (Nephelium lappaceum)
紅毛 hóng máo dān rambutan or rumbutan (tropical fruit) (Nephelium lappaceum)
莱麦 lái mài dān Ramadan (loanword)
萊麥 lái mài dān Ramadan (loanword)
wàn dān Wantan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
wàn dān Wantan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
乡 wàn dān xiāng Wantan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
鄉 wàn dān xiāng Wantan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
万应灵 wàn yìng líng dān panacea
萬應靈 wàn yìng líng dān panacea
萬靈 wàn líng dān panacea; cure-all
kòu dān nail polish (loanword, from "Cutex")
sū dān Sudan; sultan (ruler of some Muslim states, esp. Ottoman Emperor)
zàn dān Zaandam (town in Netherlands)
zàn dān Zaandam (town in Netherlands)
迈克尔・乔 mài kè ěr ・ qiáo dān Michael Jordan (1963-) US basketball player
邁克爾・喬 mài kè ěr ・ qiáo dān Michael Jordan (1963-) US basketball player
yín dān lunar caustic (fused silver nitrate, shaped into a stick and used as a cauterizing agent)
yín dān lunar caustic (fused silver nitrate, shaped into a stick and used as a cauterizing agent)
地貌 yǎ dān dì mào Yardang landform (formed by wind erosion)