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旦 = 一 + 日

旦 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “nightbreak”. It is built from 一 (one) and 日 (day). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 30. It appears as a component in 12 other characters in this index.

Keyword
nightbreak
RTK frame
30
Strokes
5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
タン, ダン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あき.らか, あきら, ただし, あさ, あした
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
daybreak, рассвет, dawn
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
旦 dawn

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 一 one
  2. 日 day

Characters that contain 旦

How to find 旦 without knowing its reading

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

Open 旦 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.