旦 (daan3 daan2 | dan4) : dawn; daybreak; morning; day

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旦

daan3 daan2

dan4

(for daan3) [1] dawn; daybreak [2] morning; day.
(for daan2) [3] a female role in a Chinese opera

Stroke count: 5

Level: 3

Radical: 日 (#72)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

旦

This word has been viewed 5952 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 15:08

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一旦 jat1 daan3 yi1 dan4 = in case; single day

元旦 jyun4 daan3 yuan2 dan4 = New Year's Day

老旦 lou5 daan3*2 = Lao Dan, older women playing roles in opera

撒旦 saat3 daan3 = Satan

閨門旦 gwai1 mun4 daan3*2 = Guimen Dan, the role of the virtuous lady in opera

花旦 faa1 daan3*2 hua1 dan4 = Hua Dan: lively, vivacious young female characters in opera

刀馬旦 dou1 maa5 daan3*2 = Daoma Dan, young female warriors in opera

武旦 mou5 daan3*2 = Wu Dan, women who specialise in fighting with all kinds of weapons in opera

彩旦 coi2 daan3*2 = Cai Dan, clownish female roles in opera

通宵達旦 tung1 siu1 daat6 daan3 tong1 xiao1 da2 dan4 = stay up the entire night
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Decimal representation of this word: 旦
Unicode code for this character: U+65E6 (off-site link)

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