The Chinese Radical: 旦


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Meaning
sun rise    旦

Explanation The sun 日 is just above the horizon 一 at sunrise.

Used in these characters:
得
JLPT HSK 2
to obtain, to get, to gain, to catch (a disease), profit
dé, de, děi
彳 旦 寸
Left: go 彳, right top: sunrise 旦 (The sun 日 is just above the horizon 一), below: skillful hand 寸
"The early bird catches the worm": Go at sunrise and with a skillful you will achieve success/profit.  
但
JLPT HSK 2
but, yet, however, merely, still
dàn
亻 旦
Left: person 亻, right: sunrise 旦 (The sun 日 is just above the horizon 一)
One person watches the sunrise, but ...  
早
JLPT HSK 2
early, morning
zǎo
早 日 旦
Sunrise 旦 (sun 日 above the horizon 一) with marking: 丶
When the sun is at the mark 丶 at the horizon, it is early in the morning.  
担
JLPT HSK 3
to carry on shoulder, to undertake, to take responsibility
dān, dàn
扌 旦
Left: hand 扌, right: sunrise 旦 (The sun 日 is just above the horizon 一)
The hand has already at sunrise the load carrying on the shoulder.  
查
JLPT HSK 3
to examine, to research, to check
chá, zhā
木 旦
Top: tree 木, bottom: sunrise 旦 (The sun 日 is just above the horizon 一) - (Here: 旦 as a tree 日 lying flat on the ground 一)
Place the tree 木 flat 日 on the ground 一 for: examining.  
量
JLPT HSK 4
to measure, amount, to estimate, classifier (in Chinese grammar)
liáng, liàng
旦 里
Top: sunrise 旦 (sun 日 over the horizon 一), below: village 里 (Fields 田 and earth 土 belong to a village)
At the sunrise the village is measured.  
朝
JLPT HSK 5
government, morning, audience, pilgrimage
cháo, zhāo
朝 月 旦
Left: sunrise (The sun 日 rises between plants 艹.) [Sunset is: 莫], right: moon 月
At sunrise, when the moon is still there, it is the morning [zhāo] and I make a pilgrimage to the government [cháo].  
旦
JLPT HSK 5
dawn, morning, day-break
dàn
日 旦 莫
Above: sun 日, below: horizontal line 一 for horizon [Sunset is: 莫]
When the sun appears above the horizon it's dawn.  
胆
JLPT HSK 5
the gall (bladder), the nerve, courage, guts
dǎn
肉 旦
Left: body part 月/肉, right: sunrise 旦 (The sun 日 is just above the horizon 一)
([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.  
碍
JLPT HSK 5
to hinder, to obstruct, to block
ài
石 旦 寸
Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: sunrise 旦, skillful hand 寸
(Due to the articular gout) Like a stone is at sunrise my skillful hand: That hinders and obstructs.  
宣
JLPT HSK 5
to announce, to declare (publicly), proclaim
xuān
宀 宣 亘 旦
From top: roof 宀, a first sun ray 一, sunrise 旦 (= sun 日 above the horizon 一)
(At sunrise the light shines on high places first) At the roof with a first sun ray the sunrise is announced.  
坦
JLPT HSK 5
flat, open-hearted, smooth, level
tǎn
土 旦
Left: earth 土, right: sun rise 旦 (The sun 日 is just above the horizon 一)
The earth at the sunrise appears flat.  
恒
JLPT HSK 6
constant, permanent, fixed, usual, ordinary
héng
忄 亘 旦
Left: feeling 忄, right: to extend wholly 亘 (from sunrise to sunset 亘 (the sun 日 above 旦 and below the horizon 一)
My feelings from sunrise to sunset are usually constant.  
颤
JLPT HSK 6
to tremble, to shiver, to shake, to vibrate
zhàn, chàn
亠 亶 回 旦 頁
Left: 亶 (cover 亠, rotate 回, sun rise 旦), right: page, (fore)head 页 (= 頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
If under the cover all is rotating at sun rise in your head, you tremble and shiver.  
昧
JLPT HSK 6
conceal, dark, obscure
mèi
日 未 旦
Left: sun/day 日, right: not yet 未 (The upper shorter branch 一 of the tree 木 is "not yet")
The day is still immature: It is still concealed in the dark.  
擅
JLPT HSK 6
without authority, to usurp, to monopolize, to be good at
shàn
扌 亶 亠 回 旦
Left: hand 扌, right: 亶 (cover 亠, rotate 回, sun rise 旦)
(The rotatable blind [= jalousie] at the window shall be closed during the night:) The hand that turns the cover, before the sunrise, does this: unauthorized.  
昼
JLPT HSK 6
daytime, daylight
zhòu
尺 旦 日
Top: Length measurement Chǐ 尺 (Chinese foot = 30.3 cm), below: Sunrise 旦 (The sun 日 over the horizon 一)
In Chǐ you measure when the sun is one foot above the horizon: then it is daytime.  
喧
JLPT HSK 6
clamor, noise, deceitful
xuān
口 宣 旦
Left: mouth 口, right: announce 宣 (At the roof 宀 [= highest point] with a first sun ray 一 the sunrise 旦 is announced.)
When the mouth announces, it clamors.  
渣
JLPT HSK 6
slag (smelting), remainder, dregs
zhā
氵 木 旦
Left: water 氵, right: examine 查 (the tree 木 at the sun rise 旦)
When washing 氵 wood 木 on a grid 日, dirt 一 falls down and forms the slag.  
暄
JLPT HSK 6
pleasant, genius and warm
xuān
日 宣 宀 旦
Left: sun 日, right: announce 宣 (At the roof 宀 [= highest point] with a first sun ray 一 the sunrise 旦 is announced.)
When the sun announces, it becomes pleasant and warm.  
旭
JLPT no HSK
dawn, rising sun
xù
九 日 旦
Left: nine 九, right: sun 日
The upward direction ナ over the horizon 一 with a sun ray 乚 stands for: rising sun.  
垣
JLPT no HSK
wall, city wall
yuán
土 亘 旦
Left: earth 土, right: to extend wholly 亘 (from sunrise to sunset 亘 [=the sun 日 above 旦 and below the horizon 一])
The earth must (be piled) from sunrise to sunset to get: a wall. (Or: The earth must extend wholly [without flaws] as: city wall)  
桓
JLPT no HSK
Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi)
huán
木 亘 旦
Left: tree 木, right: extend wholly 亘 (from sunrise to sunset 亘 (the sun 日 above 旦 and below the horizon 一)
The tree as with a soap 日 between two 二 hands: The soapberry-tree.  
乾
JLPT no HSK
warming principle of the sun, trad. form of dry 干
gān, qián
乞 乙 旦
Left: 倝 sunrise (sun 日 rises between plants 艹) [sunset is: 莫], right: to beg 乞 (There lies a disadvantaged person (= from the second 乙 class of the society): a beggar.)
At sunrise, the horizontal person feels at second position the warming sun.  
喳
JLPT no HSK
twitter, chirp
chā
口 木 旦
Left: mouth 口, right: examine 查 (For the trees 木 we need daylight 日 (after sunrise 旦) for examining them.)
The mouths (= beaks) in the trees after sunrise are: twittering.  
檀
JLPT no HSK
sandalwood, hardwood
tán
木 亶 回 旦 亠
Left: tree 木, right: 亶 (cover 亠, rotate 回, sun rise 旦)
The tree that grows in the shade (=covered) all around at sunrise: is the sandalwood.  
袒
JLPT no HSK
to bare
tǎn
衣 旦
Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: sun rise 旦 (The sun 日 above the horizon 一)
Stripping of the clothes, just as the sun exposes itself at sunrise, means: become bare.  
暨
JLPT no HSK
and, to reach to, the limits
jì
既 旦
Top: already, since 既 (It is 'not good' 艮 with a 'false tusk' 牙, that's already since, ..), bottom: sun rise 旦 (The sun 日 above the horizon 一)
Already since the sun is above the horizon, until it reaches to a limit.  
渲
JLPT no HSK
wash (color)
xuàn
氵 宣 旦
Left: water 氵, right: announce 宣 (At the roof 宀 [= highest point] with a first sun ray 一 the sunrise 旦 is announced.)
With the water you announce a watery color.  
戟
JLPT no HSK
halberd, a lance with two points
jǐ
戈 旦
Left: sunrise (The sun 日 rises between plants 艹) [sunset is: 莫], right: halberd 戈
Double-sided 十 sharp around the center 日 is this: halberd.  
亘
JLPT no HSK
extending all the way across, running through
gèn
亘 二 旦
Twice horizon 二 with the sun 日 in between as: from dawn 旦 to dusk
From sunrise to sunset is: extending all the way through.  

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