Chinese symbol for “drab”
暗淡
àn dàn
dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab; (fig.) gloomy; bleak
The closest CC-CEDICT match for drab is 暗淡 (àn dàn), defined as: dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab; (fig.) gloomy; bleak.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “drab”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 暗淡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黑暗 | hēi àn | dark; darkly |
| 暗示 | àn shì | to hint; to suggest; hint; suggestion |
| 暗杀 (暗殺) | àn shā | to assassinate |
| 暗中 | àn zhōng | in the dark; in secret |
| 阴暗 (陰暗) | yīn àn | dim; dark |
| 暗号 (暗號) | àn hào | secret signal; password; countersign |
| 淡水 | dàn shuǐ | freshwater |
| 淡化 | dàn huà | to water down; to play down |
See also: Japanese symbol for “drab”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.