Chinese Character 旦 Meanings and components.

Form

旦

Meaning

旦 meaning[3] in English

Dawn.

Morning.

Daybreak.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 旦 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are abbr. for 日本[Ri4 … (日) , and one (一)

Its radical[1] is: 日 (ri4) which means: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan, .日ri4abbr. for …

In cangjie it is written with AM

How to write 旦

To write旦dan4dawn you should write a combination of 日ri4abbr. for … , 一yi1one arranged in a 吕 shape:

日 + 一 = 旦

旦 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 旦 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 旦, looks as follow:

旦
Pinyin:dan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Dawn . Morning . Daybreak . Day . Dan, Female Roles In Chinese Opera (Traditionally Played By Specialized Male Actors)
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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