Keyword
start of a day
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig30
Readings
だん
(68%)
たん
(31%)
Composed of
sun
one
Mnemonic

A pictograph of a sun rising over the horizon which signifies the start of a day.

Used in kanji (15 in total)
gain
quantity
midday
to shoulder
Used in vocabulary (37 in total)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
Examples (19 in total)
What do you call your husband at home?
He'll become a good husband.
Her husband is one of my friends.