Chinese edit

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

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

丹毒

  1. (pathology) erysipelas

Japanese edit

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

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

(たん)(どく) (tandoku

  1. rose; erysipelas

References edit

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