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旦

dàn

dawn

Depicts the sun (日) rising above the horizon (一) at dawn. In Oracle script the bottom component was the phonetic 丁, which was later reanalyzed as the earth or a horizon.

Components
日 iconic component

日  Iconic component

rì

  

sun

一 iconic component

一  Iconic component

yī

  

one

Depicts the horizon.

Evolution

旦 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
旦 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
旦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
旦 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
旦 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

旦  

dàn

dawn; morning; day; daybreak; dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)

Most common words with 旦
Freq.
Word
Meaning

一旦

if

元旦

New Year's Day

撒旦

Satan or Shaitan

约旦

Jordan

旦

dawn

Component uses

Meaning component in 4 characters (2 verified)

倝 𠦝 昼 暨

Sound component in 12 characters (3 verified)

但 担 坦 胆 袒 靼 疸 妲 笪 怛 钽 亶

Unknown component in 3 characters (2 verified)

是 昰 鼂

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tˤan-s

tanH

dàn

dawn


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 34.5026% of movies

1147th most common character in movies

1300th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+65E6

Shuowen

“旦，明也。从日見一上。一，地也。”


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