丹砂

Contents

ChineseEdit

		red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar	sand; gravel; granule
simp. and trad. (丹砂)		丹	砂
alt. forms		丹沙

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dānshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ saa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dānshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄕㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dansha
    • IPA ^(key): /ta̠n⁵⁵ ʂa̠⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan¹ saa¹
    • Yale: dāan sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ sa¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tɑːn⁵⁵ sɑː⁵⁵/

NounEdit

丹砂

1. cinnabar

SynonymsEdit

• 辰砂 (chénshā)
• 丹 (dān)
• 朱砂 (zhūshā)

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JapaneseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Kanji in this term
丹	砂
たん Grade: S	さ Grade: 6
on’yomi

NounEdit

丹砂 (hiragana たんさ, rōmaji tansa)

1. red sand
2. cinnabar

SynonymsEdit

• 辰砂

Etymology 2Edit

Kanji in this term
丹	砂
たん Grade: S	しゃ Grade: 6
on’yomi

NounEdit

丹砂 (hiragana たんしゃ, rōmaji tansha)

1. Same as above.

ReferencesEdit

• 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN