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丹青

丹青

Chinese

 
red; pellet; powder; cinnabar
green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad.
(丹青)

Noun

丹青

  1. cinnabar and ochre paints
  2. red and blue-green
  3. paint; pigment; dye
  4. painting
  5. (literary) historical records
  6. (literary) obviousness

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たん
Grade: S
せい
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From tan (, cinnabar red, vermilion, red) + sei (, blue, green)

Noun

丹青 (hiragana たんせい, romaji tansei)

  1. red and blue
  2. a painting

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