丹青

Chinese
 
red; pellet; powder; cinnabar
 green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad.
(丹青)		 丹 青

Pronunciation

Noun

丹青

  1. cinnabar and ochre paints
  2. red and blue-green
  3. paint; pigment; dye
  4. painting
  5. (literary) historical records
  6. (literary) obviousness

Japanese
Kanji in this term
丹 青
たん
Grade: S		 せい
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From tan (丹, cinnabar red, vermilion, red) + sei (青, blue, green)

Noun

丹青 (hiragana たんせい, rōmaji tansei)

  1. red and blue
  2. a painting

References
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