Keyword
start of a day
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig30
Readings
だん
(71%)
たん
(28%)
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 (41 in total)
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
young master; young gentleman
New Year's Day; first day of the year; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
ex-husband; former husband
the whole year's plans should be made on New Year's Day
on the brink of; morning and evening; day and night
New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day; New Year's Day
pomelo (Citrus maxima); shaddock
to be on the brink of death
to be on the brink of death
first day of the month; character sketch; comments on personalities; commentary
one's family temple
dilettantism; amateurism
dawn and dusk; morn and eve
(when) danger threatens; should an emergency occur
staying the night (of an itinerant priest in Zen Buddhism); itinerant priest's lodging; providing a room for an itinerant priest so that he may meditate for a long period of time
character sketch; comments on personalities
tomorrow morning
character sketch; comments on personalities; commentary
to become a mistress; to serve as a concubine; to serve one's master
the whole year's plans should be made on New Year's Day
Fudan University (China)
dawn; daybreak
hubby; (my) husband
better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
tomorrow; tomorrow morning
Sōtan school of tea ceremony
sulphur-crested cockatoo (sulfur) (Cacatua galerita)
Moluccan cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis); salmon-crested cockatoo
yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea)
Examples (37 in total)
Glad to see you're doing well, sir.
That's why I don't even rely on my husband.
Got it, boss!