Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary
(A comprehensive Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary for the Web)
An Etymological Dictionary of Chinese Character Interpretations
By Lawrence J. Howell and Hikaru Morimoto
– Covering more than 6,500 Chinese characters as used in Japan –
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Kanji Search Results
旦 (5)
タン ; ダン
日 sun/day + a line representing the horizon (compare 天) → the sun rising upon the long, flat line of the horizon → sunrise; dawn. As it was in 天, the line was the phonosemantic element in 旦.
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