Keyword
dan
- dawn
- morning
- day
- Frequency
- #1324
- Strokes
- 5
Readings
dàn100%
Mnemonic
The sun 日 rising over the horizon 一
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
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Used in vocabulary
一旦
in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day
约旦
Jordan (country)
复旦大学
Fudan University, Shanghai
元旦
New Year's Day
撒旦
Satan or Shaitan
旦
(literary) dawn; daybreak; dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
复旦
Fudan University, Shanghai, abbr. for 复旦大学 (FùdànDàxué)
危在旦夕
in imminent peril (idiom); on the brink of crisis
毁于一旦
(idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve)
信誓旦旦
to make a solemn vow
约旦河
Jordan River (in southwestern Asia)
通宵达旦
overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long; day and night
花旦
role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera
震旦
ancient Indian name for China
旦角
dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
命在旦夕
to be at death's door (idiom)
老旦
old woman role in Chinese opera
正旦
starring female role in a Chinese opera
刀马旦
female warrior role in Chinese opera
文旦
pomelo
枕戈待旦
lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom); fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle
武旦
female military role in a Chinese opera
震旦纪
Sinian (c. 800-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
元旦节
New Year's Day