丹毒
Chinese
red; pellet; powder; cinnabar | poison; narcotics | ||
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simp. and trad. (丹毒) | 丹 | 毒 |
Pronunciation
Noun
丹毒
- (medicine) erysipelas
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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丹 | 毒 |
たん Grade: S | どく Grade: 4 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
From tan (丹, cinnabar red, vermilion, red) + doku (毒, poison, toxin)
Noun
丹毒 (hiragana たんどく, rōmaji tandoku)
- rose; erysipelas
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.