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淡

dàn

weak, bland, watery

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 炎 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

炎 sound component

炎  Sound component

yán

  

flame

Evolution

淡 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
淡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

淡  

dàn

weak, watery; insipid, tasteless; insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent; (variant of 氮[dàn]) nitrogen

Most common words with 淡
Freq.
Word
Meaning

淡

insipid

扯淡

to talk nonsense

平淡

flat

淡淡

faint

冷淡

cold

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[l]ˤamʔ

damX

dàn

insipid


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 12.3338% of movies

1917th most common character in movies

1293rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+6DE1

Shuowen

“淡，薄味也。从水，炎聲。”


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