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淡 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
4Junior high level ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
タンたん · tan
Kun
あわ.いawa.i
Meaning
faint; light (colour)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" with 炎: thinned with water — faint, light.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onタンたんtan淡水たんすい濃淡のうたん冷淡れいたん
Kunあわいawai淡いあわい淡雪あわゆき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 淡水たんすい

    fresh water

  • 淡々たんたん

    detached; matter-of-fact

More words with this kanji

  • 恬淡てんたん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

淡(あわ)い色(いろ)の服(ふく)を選(えら)んだ。

I chose light-coloured clothes.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading タンAll maps

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