淡 = 氵 + 炎

淡 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “weak”. It is built from 氵 (water) and 炎 (flame).

Keyword: weak
Pinyin (Mandarin): dàn
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: weak, watery, водянистый, слабый, watery
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 淡 thin

Decomposition

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氵 water
炎 flame

How to find 淡 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “flame”. 淡 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 淡 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.