丹砂

Chinese

		red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar	sand; gravel; granule
simp. and trad. (丹砂)		丹	砂
alternative forms		丹沙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dānshā

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢㄕㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ saa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dānshā
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢㄕㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dansha
  - Wade–Giles: tan¹-sha¹
  - Yale: dān-shā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dansha
  - Palladius: даньша (danʹša)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daan¹ saa¹
  - Yale: dāan sā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ saa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ sa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/

Noun

丹砂

cinnabar

Synonyms

丹 (dān) (literary, or in compounds)
丹干
朱砂 (zhūshā)
汞沙
猩紅 / 猩红 (xīnghóng)
赤丹
辰砂 (chénshā)
銀朱 / 银朱 (yínzhū)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
丹	砂
たん Grade: S	さ Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

丹(たん)砂(さ) • (tansa)

red sand
cinnabar
Synonyms: 辰砂 (shinsha), 朱砂 (shusha)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
丹	砂
たん Grade: S	しゃ Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

丹(たん)砂(しゃ) • (tansha)

alternative form of 丹砂 (tansa)

References

Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN