The Chinese Radical: 旦


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Meaning
sun rise    旦

Explanation The sun above the horizon at sunrise.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
to obtain, to get, to gain, to catch (a disease), profit
dé, de, děi
Left: go , right top: sunrise (The sun is just above the horizon ), below: skillful hand
"The early bird catches the worm": Go at sunrise and with a skillful you will achieve success/profit.
JLPT HSK 2
but, yet, however, merely, still
dàn
Left: person , right: sunrise (The sun is just above the horizon )
One person watches the sunrise, but ...
JLPT HSK 2
early, morning
zǎo
Sunrise (sun above the horizon ) with marking:
When the sun is at the marking at the horizon, it is early in the morning.
JLPT HSK 3
to carry on shoulder, to undertake, to take responsibility
dān, dàn
Left: hand , right: sunrise (The sun is just above the horizon )
The hand has already at sunrise the load carring on the shoulder.
JLPT HSK 3
to examine, to research, to check
chá, zhā
Top: tree , bottom: sunrise (The sun is just above the horizon ) - (Here: as a tree lying flat on the ground )
Place the tree flat on the ground for: examining.
JLPT HSK 4
to measure, amount, to estimate, classifier (in Chinese grammar)
liáng, liàng
Top: sunrise (sun over the horizon ), below: village (Fields and earth belong to a village)
At the sunrise the village is measured.
JLPT HSK 5
government, morning, audience, pilgrimage
cháo, zhāo
Left: sunrise (The sun rises between plants .) [Sunset is: ], right: moon
At sunrise, when the moon is still there, it is the morning [zhāo] and I make a pilgrimage to the government [cháo].
JLPT HSK 5
dawn, morning, day-break
dàn
Above: sun , below: horizontal line for horizon [Sunset is: ]
When the sun appears above the horizon it's dawn.
JLPT HSK 5
the gall (bladder), the nerve, courage, guts
dǎn
Left: body part /, right: sunrise (The sun is just above the horizon )
([Medically not fully correct, but:] Gallstones can cause nausea after eating or in the morning:) The body part you feel (already) at sunrise is: the gall.
JLPT HSK 5
to hinder, to obstruct, to block
ài
Left: stone (At the cliff is a stone ), right: sunrise , skillful hand
(Due to the articular gout) Like a stone is at sunrise my skillful hand: That hinders and obstructs.
JLPT HSK 5
to announce, to declare (publicly), proclaim
xuān
From top: roof , a first sun ray , sunrise (= sun above the horizon )
(At sunrise the light first hits high places) At the roof with a first sun ray the sunrise is announced.
JLPT HSK 5
flat, open-hearted, smooth, level
tǎn
Left: earth , right: sun rise (The sun is just above the horizon )
The earth at the sunrise appears flat.
JLPT HSK 6
constant, permanent, fixed, usual, ordinary
héng
Left: feeling , right: to extend wholly (from sunrise to sunset (the sun above and below the horizon )
My feelings from sunrise to sunset are usually constant.
JLPT HSK 6
to tremble, to shiver, to shake, to vibrate
zhàn, chàn
Left: 亶 (cover , rotate , sun rise ), right: page, (fore)head 页 (= head with shoulders and eyebrows )
If under the cover all is rotating at sun rise in your head, you tremble and shiver.
JLPT HSK 6
conceal, dark, obscure
mèi
Left: sun/day , right: not yet (The upper shorter branch of the tree is "not yet")
The day is still immature: It is still concealed in the dark.
JLPT HSK 6
without authority, to usurp, to monopolize, to be good at
shàn
Left: hand , right: 亶 (cover , rotate , sun rise )
(A rotatable blind [= jalousie] at the window) The hand that turns the cover, before the sunrise, does this: unauthorized.
JLPT HSK 6
daytime, daylight
zhòu
Top: Length measurement Chǐ (Chinese foot = 30.3 cm), below: Sunrise (The sun over the horizon )
In Chǐ you measure when the sun is one foot above the horizon: then it is daytime.
JLPT HSK 6
clamor, noise, deceitful
xuān
Left: mouth , right: announce (At the roof [= highest point] with a first sun ray the sunrise is announced.)
When the mouth announces, it clamors.
JLPT HSK 6
slag (smelting), remainder, dregs
zhā
Left: water , right: examine 查 (the tree at the sun rise )
When washing wood on a grid , dirt falls down and forms the slag.
JLPT HSK 6
pleasant, genius and warm
xuān
Left: sun , right: announce (At the roof [= highest point] with a first sun ray the sunrise is announced.)
When the sun announces, it becomes pleasant and warm.
JLPT no HSK
dawn, rising sun

Left: nine , right: sun
The upward direction ナ over the horizon with a sun ray stands for: rising sun.
JLPT no HSK
wall, city wall
yuán
Left: earth , right: to extend wholly (from sunrise to sunset [=the sun above and below the horizon ])
The earth must (be piled) from sunrise to sunset to get: a wall. (Or: The earth must extend wholly [without flaws] as: city wall)
JLPT no HSK
Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi)
huán
Left: tree , right: extend wholly (from sunrise to sunset (the sun above and below the horizon )
The tree as with a soap between two hands: The soapberry-tree.
JLPT no HSK
warming principle of the sun, trad. form of dry 干
gān, qián
Left: 倝 sunrise (sun rises between plants ) [sunset is: ], right: horizontal person , 2nd (two written quickly without lifting the pen)
At sunrise, the horizontal person feels at second position the warming sun.
JLPT no HSK
twitter, chirp
chā
Left: mouth , right: examine 查 (For the trees we need daylight (after sunrise ) for examining them.)
The mouths (= beaks) in the trees after sunrise are: twittering.
JLPT no HSK
sandalwood, hardwood
tán
Left: tree , right: 亶 (cover , rotate , sun rise )
The tree that grows in the shade (=covered) all around at sunrise: is the sandalwood.
JLPT no HSK
to bare
tǎn
Left: clothes 衤/, right: sun rise (The sun above the horizon )
Stripping of the clothes, just as the sun exposes itself at sunrise, means: become bare.
JLPT no HSK
and, to reach to, the limits

Top: already, since (It is 'not good' with a 'false tusk' , that's already since, ..), bottom: sun rise (The sun above the horizon )
Already since the sun is above the horizon, until it reaches to a limit.
JLPT no HSK
wash (color)
xuàn
Left: water , right: announce (At the roof [= highest point] with a first sun ray the sunrise is announced.)
With the water you announce a watery color.
JLPT no HSK
halberd, a lance with two points

Left: sunrise (The sun rises between plants ) [sunset is: ], right: halberd
Double-sided sharp around the center is this: halberd.
JLPT no HSK
extending all the way across, running through
gèn
Twice horizon with the sun in between as: from dawn to dusk
From sunrise to sunset is: extending all the way through.

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