淡
淡 — Thin
thin, faint, pale, fleeting
On’yomiタン (tan)
Kun’yomiあわい (awai)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 淡
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 淡々 | たんたん tantan | uninterested; unconcerned; indifferent |
| 淡水 | たんすい tansui | fresh water (i.e. not salt water) |
| 濃淡 | のうたん noutan | light and shade; shade (of colour, color); depth (of flavor) |
| 冷淡 | れいたん reitan | cool; indifferent; apathetic |
| 淡白 | たんぱく tanpaku | light (flavor, color, etc.); simple; plain |
| 淡水魚 | たんすいぎょ tansuigyo | freshwater fish |
Study notes
淡 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1436 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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