Kanji

淡

淡

thin, faint, pale, fleeting

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

11 strokes

Radical

水部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

タン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

あわい

Nanori (Name Reading)

あう, あわ, あわし, あわじ, おう

Common Readings

タン, あわ…い

Example sentences

淡々 たんたん
彼女は自分の過去を淡々と語った。

She spoke about her past dispassionately.

淡い あわい
空には淡いピンク色の雲が浮かんでいた。

Faint pink clouds were floating in the sky.

冷淡 れいたん
彼は他人の意見に冷淡だ

He is indifferent to others' opinions.

淡白 たんぱく
彼は金銭に対して非常に淡白な性格だ。

He has a personality that is very indifferent towards money.

濃淡 のうたん
水墨画は墨の濃淡だけで表現される。

Sumi-e (ink wash painting) is expressed only through the shades of ink.

山水画 さんすいが
彼は墨の濃淡だけで見事な山水画を描いた。

He painted a magnificent landscape using only shades of ink.

淡水 たんすい
この魚は淡水でしか生きることができない。

This fish can only live in freshwater.

Example Vocabulary

淡々

たんたん

dispassionately

淡い

あわい

faint; pale; fleeting; light (color)

冷淡

れいたん

indifferent; cold; unsympathetic

淡白

たんぱく

frank; indifferent; light (taste)

淡泊

たんぱく

濃淡

のうたん

light and shade; shade (of color); contrast; density

淡雪

あわゆき

平淡

へいたん

淡水

たんすい

freshwater

淡路

あわじ

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