dān = d + an1
red / pellet / powder / cinnabar
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How to pronounce 丹

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= d initial

D is for Don Quixote.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ an1 final

In front of the anthill.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

丹 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
Variant of 冂, but the left stroke is 丿, not 丨
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tóu = t + ou2
"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)
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Characters with 丹 as component

zhōu = zh + ou1
boat
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tóng = tu + (e)ng2
surname Tong
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tóng = tu + (e)ng2
red
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Words with 丹

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Sentences with 丹

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dān

red / pellet / powder / cinnabar

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