Chinese

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red; pellet; powder
red; pellet; powder; cinnabar
 
poison; narcotics
trad. (丹毒)
simp. #(丹毒)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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丹毒

  1. (pathology) erysipelas

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
たん
Grade: S
どく
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

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From tan (, cinnabar red, vermilion, red) + doku (, poison, toxin).

Noun

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(たん)(どく) (tandoku

  1. rose; erysipelas

References

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  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.