Where does “丹” come from?

丹 (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 丹.

丹 (Japanese): the color red; red earth; cinnabar

Definitions

  1. the color red; red earth; cinnabar

Ancestry of “丹”, step by step

丹 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese 丹

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese丹—

via Japanese 丹波

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese丹波Tanba Province, an old province of Japan

via Middle Chinese 丹

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese丹—

Words derived from “丹”

Every word from Old Japanese 丹 →