Chinese Character Wiki
亶

dǎn

sincere

Original meaning: 

grain abundant

Phonosemantic compound. 㐭 represents the meaning and 旦 represents the sound.

Components
㐭 meaning component

㐭  Meaning component

lǐn

  

granary

旦 sound component

旦  Sound component

dàn

  

dawn

Evolution

亶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
亶 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
亶 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
亶 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

亶  

dǎn

sincere; real, true; truth

亶  

Dǎn

surname Dan

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

襢

Sound component in 12 characters (0 verified)

壇 颤 顫 擅 檀 氈 嬗 膻 澶 襢 鱣 鳣

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tˤanʔ

tanX

dǎn

sincere, truly


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+4EB6

Shuowen

“亶，多穀也。从，旦聲。”


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