丹 - dān - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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丹

dān

Definition

red
pellet
powder
cinnabar

Character Decomposition

Compounds (6)

red

to collapse

felt; silken banner

see 栴檀

white stone

red earth used for paints

Related words (32)

red phoenix

(loanword) denim; tannin

loyal heart; loyalty

folk remedy

orange osmanthus

erysipelas (medicine)

丹沙

dān shā

cinnabar (used in TCM)

丹田

dān tián

dantian; acupuncture point ( two to three inches below the navel, where one's qi resides); pubic region

丹皮

dān pí

the root bark of the peony tree

丹砂

dān shā

cinnabar; mercuric sulfide HgS

丹药

dān yào

pellet; medical powder; potion; elixir

real sincerity

see 天贝

painting

amber

red phoenix eyes (eyes whose outer corners incline upwards)

丹顶鹤

dān dǐng hè

(bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)

elixir; magic potion

alchemy (Taoist external) ; (Taoist) external alchemy

山丹

shān dān

coral lily (Lilium pumilum)

炼丹

liàn dān

to concoct pills of immortality

蔻丹

kòu dān

nail polish (loanword, from "Cutex")

银丹

yín dān

lunar caustic (fused silver nitrate, shaped into a stick and used as a cauterizing agent)

panacea; cure-all

eight-to-two powder (TCM)

八宝丹

bā bǎo dān

eight-jewel elixir (TCM)

see 山丹

maker of immortality pill; concocting magic pills

红毛丹

hóng máo dān

rambutan or rumbutan (tropical fruit) (Nephelium lappaceum)

lantana (botany)

panacea

eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality; symbol of the alchemist's art; Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble

Idioms (1)

灵丹妙药

líng dān miào yào

effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems; panacea; elixir

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