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淡 - dàn

weak, watery; insipid, tasteless

weak, watery; insipid, tasteless

How to read 淡

Click 淡 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyindàn
Englishweak, watery; insipid, tasteless
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

淡光 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 淡入. Please read 淡出 one more time.

Common words with this character

shimmer
to fade in
to fade out; to withdraw from; to fade from
to water down; to play down; to trivialize

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 淡 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 淡光 and 淡入 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 淡.