In the oracle bone inscription, the outer shape of 丹 is like a mine, the horizontal stroke inside indicates there is cinnabar.
丹 mainly serves as a phonetic component to form characters.
Characters formed by the phonetic component 丹
栴 枬 旃 zhān zhān zhān
玬 刐 dǎn dǎn
坍 tān
砃 dān
袇 rán
Characters formed by the semantic component 丹
彤 蚒 tóng tóng
浵 tóng
烿 róng
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Common words and set phrases with 丹
丹青，丹墀，丹心，丹字，牡丹，丹枫，丹桂，丹穴，丹阳，丹宸，紫雪，丹仁，丹胡，百日丹，丹丘生，碧血丹心，青竹丹枫，紫金丹，黑牡丹，丹书铁券，上丹田