Memory phrase for the Kanji: 丹


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Meaning red, pellet, powder, cinnabar

Pronunciation

dān

Explanation

A simplified var. of boat/ship 舟

Mnemonic


 
A simple boat is red.

Radicals

dotIn many languages (such as French), short strokes are used above the letters to express an emphasis. This stroke 丶 is used in the mnemonics accordingly.
boatIt shows the image of a rowing boat without a stern, with two people, oars laid across and the bow at the top.
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 Vocabulary

苏丹 Sū dān  Sudan; sultan (ruler of some Muslim states, esp. Ottoman Emperor)
契丹 Qì dān  Qidan; Khitan; ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liaohe River
契丹 Qì dān  
契丹 Qì dān  
炼丹八卦炉 liàn dān bā guà lú  eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality; symbol of the alchemist's art; Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble
炼丹八卦炉 liàn dān bā guà lú  

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