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淡

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • thin
  • faint
  • pale
  • fleeting

On'yomi (音読み)

  • タン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • あわ.い
Strokes
11
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1497
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
水#85 · water

Components

Common Words

  • 淡々たんたんAdverb
    uninterested, unconcerned, indifferent
  • 淡水たんすいNoun
    fresh water (i.e. not salt water)
  • 冷淡れいたんna-adjective
    cool, indifferent, apathetic
  • 淡白たんぱくna-adjective
    light (flavor, color, etc.), simple, plain
  • 濃淡のうたんNoun
    light and shade, shade (of colour, color)
  • 淡泊たんぱくna-adjective
    light (flavor, color, etc.), simple, plain
  • 淡水魚たんすいぎょNoun
    freshwater fish
  • 淡いあわいi-adjective
    light (color, taste, etc.), faint (e.g. smell), pale

Practice in Kanjiru

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