淡

dàn

d+àn·4th tone

insipid · diluted

Radical: 氵 Strokes: 11 HSK 4

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

海清法流游治河沙江油波深

Same radical

海清法流游治河沙江油波深没活洋

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Character Decomposition

淡=氵+炎

Etymology

water

Meanings

insipid

diluted

weak

mild

light in color

tasteless

indifferent

(variant of 氮 dàn) nitrogen

dàn

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Words with 淡 123 total

insipid · bland · indifferent寡淡guǎ dàn dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab · (fig.) gloomy; bleak暗淡àn dàn waves涵淡hán dàn light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored) · insipid · slack (sales)清淡qīng dàn light (color) · pale · vague (feeling)浅淡qiǎn dàn sparse · thin · distant疏淡shū dàn

Idioms with 淡 43 total Chain

to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)惨淡经营cǎn dàn jīng yíng plain tea and simple food · (fig.) bread and water粗茶淡饭cū chá dàn fàn living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom)淡泊明志dàn bó míng zhì

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