淡 — Chinese character
淡
dàn
watery, dilute; insipid, tasteless
- Pinyin
- dàn
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 氵 炎
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 炎
- Japanese
- 淡 as a kanji
Common words with 淡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 淡水 | dàn shuǐ | freshwater |
| 淡化 | dàn huà | to water down; to play down |
| 冷淡 | lěng dàn | cold; indifferent |
| 平淡 | píng dàn | flat; dull |
| 扯淡 | chě dàn | to talk nonsense |
| 轻描淡写 (輕描淡寫) | qīng miáo dàn xiě | (idiom) to treat sth as no big deal; to downplay |
| 清淡 | qīng dàn | light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid |
| 黯淡 | àn dàn | variant of 暗淡 (àn dàn) |
| 惨淡 (慘淡) | cǎn dàn | dark; gloomy |
| 冲淡 (沖淡) | chōng dàn | to dilute |
| 淡定 | dàn dìng | calm and collected; unperturbed |
| 淡忘 | dàn wàng | to gradually forget as time passes; to have (sth) fade from one's memory |
English words written with 淡
淡 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 2 · Zhuangzi 12 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 31
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 35
- Zhuangzi How to Govern
- Zhuangzi Opening Trunks
- Zhuangzi The Tao of God
- Zhuangzi Self-Conceit
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 34
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