| Kanji | 淡 | 
|---|---|
| Onyomi | タン | 
| Kunyomi | あわ.い | 
| English | thin, faint, pale, fleeting | 
| Examples | 冷淡(れいたん): coolness; indifference 淡水(たんすい): fresh water (i.e. not salt water) | 
| JLPT Level | 1 | 
| Jouyou Grade | S | 
| Frequency | 1436 | 
| Components | 水: water 炎: inflammation; flame; blaze | 
| Number of Strokes | 11 | 
| Kanji Radical | 水 | 
| Radical Number | 85 | 
| Radical Strokes | 4 | 
| Radical Reading | みず・したみず・さんずい | 
| Traditional Form | (none) | 
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic | 
| Keyword | thin | 
| Koohii Story 1 | Drink water and burn twice as many calories as you eat... you´ll definitely get thin. Imagine inside your body, all those calories literally being burned from above and below... THAT´s what it takes to become thin. | 
| Koohii Story 2 | Thin girls are twice as hot when they´re wet. | 
| RTK Index (new) | 176 | 
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500
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