| 丹 | 694C40 42.42 | 部居  | 畫數 4 | ㄉㄢ [dan1] | ||
| N. | (1) Pill: 膏丹丸散 medical pill, ointment and powder, esp. the pill of immortality sought by alchemists: 金丹，仙丹 elixir of life, the philosopher's stone; 煉丹 the practice to form this pill. (2) Cinnabar: 丹砂 [dan1sha1]↓. | |||||
| Adj. | Red: 丹楓 red maple; 丹桂 cinnamon; 丹書，丹詔 imperial edict written in red. | |||||
| Words | 1. 丹忱 [dan1chen2], n., pure loyalty of heart. 2. 丹誠 [dan1cheng2], n., ditto. 3. 丹鉛 [dan1qian1], n., the business of proofreading or revision, from practice of using red ink (丹 vermilion and 鉛 white lead powder). 4. 丹青 [dan1qing1], n., painting (red and green). 5. 丹墀 [dan1chi1], n., terrace area in imperial palace. 6. 丹第 [dan1di4], n., (translit.) Dante (usu. 但丁). 7. 丹鼎 [dan1ding3], n., furnace of alchemists for concoction of pill of immortality. 8. 丹毒 [dan1du2], n., (med.) erysipelas, a streptococcus disease of the skin. 9. 丹方 [dan1fang1], n., medical prescription; prescription for making pill of immortality. 10. 丹黃 [dan1huang2], n., red and yellow ink used in proofreading and revising. 11. 丹魄 [dan1po4], n., amber. 12. 丹砂 [dan1sha1], n., cinnabar, material for red color. 13. 丹參 [dan1shen1], n., (bot.) salvia, Scutellaria indica. 14. 丹心 [dan1xin1], n., heart of pure loyalty: 留取丹心照汗青 that my loyalty may leave a page in the annals. 15. 丹田 [dan1tian2], n., the pubic region (seat of prostate and ovary) considered as region for forming internal pill of immortality; n., 丹田氣 n., breath control by the exercise of diaphragm. | |||||