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丹砂

丹砂

Chinese

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

Noun

丹砂

cinnabar

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Noun

丹砂 ‎(hiragana たんさ, romaji tansa)

red sand
cinnabar

Synonyms

辰砂

Etymology 2

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

Noun

丹砂 ‎(hiragana たんしゃ, romaji tansha)

Same as above.

References

1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4000801112