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