淡

Information about character(s)

Radical: 水
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11
Variants: 澹

Pronunciation

Pinyin: dàn, yàn, tán
Cantonese: daam6 taam5
JapaneseKun: AWAI USUI
JapaneseOn: TAN EN
Korean: TAM
Vietnamese: đạm

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: weak, watery; insipid, tasteless

CE-Dict: insipid/diluted/weak/mild/light in color/tasteless/fresh/indifferent/nitrogen

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.thin
2.not salty; insipid
3.light; pale
4.not bustling

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: light; tasteless; thin; weak

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: light; tasteless; thin; weak

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《水部》淡薄味也。从水炎聲。

康熙字典文字版 【巳集上】【水字部】淡
【廣韻】【正韻】徒覽切【集韻】【韻會】杜覽切，𠀤音啖。【說文】薄味也。【急就篇註】平薄謂之淡。【史記·叔孫通傳】呂后與陛下攻苦食啖。【註】啖，亦作淡。【如淳曰】食無菜茹爲淡。　又甘之反也。【禮·表記】君子淡以成，小人甘以壞。　又【廣韻】徒敢切，音噉。淊淡，水滿貌。【前漢·揚雄傳】秬鬯泔淡。　又【廣韻】【集韻】【正韻】𠀤以冉切，音琰。澹淡，水播蕩貌。【枚乗·七發】湍流遡波，又澹淡之。　又隨風貌。【司馬相如·上林賦】隨風澹淡。　又淡淡，安流平滿貌。【宋玉·高唐賦】潰淡淡而𠀤入。　又【廣韻】【集韻】𠀤徒甘切，音談。水貌也。或作澹。　又與痰通。【王羲之·初月帖】淡悶千嘔。【黃伯思云】淡，古痰字。　又【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤徒濫切，音餤。水味也。【中庸】淡而不厭。　又【集韻】以贍切，音豔。水貌。【列子·湯問篇】淡淡焉若有物存。張湛讀。
考證：〔【列子·殷湯篇】淡淡焉若有物存。〕　謹照原書改湯問篇。

Ding Fubao - Dictionary for Buddhist Studies (丁福保:佛學大辭典) （雜語）Vaudana，一作煩淡。【參見: 和南】

Buddhism words and phrases light (color, flavor); faint (light, hope); passing, fleeting

CF-Dict: faible/pâle/léger/doux/clair/indifférent