淡 – thin, faint, pale

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1436 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 淡 means thin, faint, pale, fleeting. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is タン (tan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あわ.い (awai). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	タン	tan
Kun’yomi	あわ.い	awai

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: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 火・汁.

Words using 淡

淡水たんすいfresh water (i.e. not salt water)冷淡れいたんcool

Example sentences

この装置により、簡単に海水を淡水に変えることが可能となった。

This device made it possible to turn sea-water into fresh water easily.

Tatoeba #220706

私の演説は冷淡な沈黙で迎えられた。

My speech was greeted with cold silence.

Tatoeba #164036

Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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