■ radical

dàn

dawn

How it’s built

Pictograph of the sun rising above the horizon.

iconic

sun; day

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iconic

characterless component — Depicts the horizon.

Appears in

Characters that use 旦 as a component, most common first.

是shìto be 但dànonly 量liàngmeasure 担dānto bear 坦tǎnflat 胆dǎngallbladder 袒tǎnto strip 暨jìand 靼dáthe Tartars 妲dáconcubine of the last Shang emperor 晝zhòudaytime

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