丹 dān cinnabar
cinnabar; red; vermilion; pellet
怎么记住“丹”: ⺆ box + 一 one + 丶 dot = cinnabar. From a box at the old mine, the geologist holds up one stone with a dot of bright red and says it is cinnabar.
部件结构
丹 = ⺆ box + 一 one + 丶 dot
- ⺆ box
- 一 one
- 丶 dot
From a box at the old mine, the geologist holds up one stone with a dot of bright red and says it is cinnabar.
用法
- Cinnabar red, hence 'red' in set phrases: 丹心 (dānxīn) a loyal red heart, 牡丹 (mǔdan) peony.
- Also the elixir/pellet of Daoist alchemy: 仙丹 (xiāndān) elixir of immortality, 灵丹妙药 a miracle cure.
- Poetic/classical flavor; not used for ordinary red things (that's 红).