Character: 旦
Modern (Beijing) reading: dàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: tāns
Classic Old Chinese: tānh
Western Han Chinese: tānh
Eastern Han Chinese: tānh
Early Postclassic Chinese: tā̀n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: tā̀n
Late Postclassic Chinese: tā̀n
Middle Chinese: tần
English meaning : the time of sunrise
Russian meaning[s]: 1) утро, рассвет; рассветать; 2) театр. амплуа молодых женщин
Comments: Also used for a homonymous *tān-s 'a place of sacrifice' (probably related to 壇 *dān 'altar'), as well as for *tānʔ-s (derived from *tānʔ q.v.) 'be done in a sincere manner, sincere'.
Radical: 72
Four-angle index: 11
Karlgren code: 0149 a-b
Go-on: tan
Kan-on: tan
Japanese reading: tan;ashita
Vietnamese reading: d_án
Shijing occurrences: 34.3_
