旦 – daybreak, dawn, morning

5 strokesJōyō (secondary school)N2 vocabulary

The kanji 旦 means daybreak, dawn, morning. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is タン、ダン (tan, dan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あき.らか、あきら、ただし、あさ、あした (akiraka, akira, tadashi, asa, ashita). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 日 (no. 72).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	タン	tan
On’yomi	ダン	dan
Kun’yomi	あき.らか	akiraka
Kun’yomi	あきら	akira
Kun’yomi	ただし	tadashi
Kun’yomi	あさ	asa
Kun’yomi	あした	ashita

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 日 (Kangxi radical 72). Components: 一・日.

Words using 旦

一旦いったんonce旦那だんなmaster (of a house, shop, etc.)

Example sentences

その醜い肉屋の旦那はあの想像上の怪物に似ている。

That ugly butcher resembles that fictional monster.

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旦那も子供の引き取り権を望んでいた。

Her husband also wanted custody of the children.

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Kanji with the same radical

日時明昨早映景旧易春暴普昇星曜暮

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.