丹田
Chinese
red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar | field; farm | ||
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simp. and trad. (丹田) | 丹 | 田 |
Pronunciation
Noun
丹田
- (traditional Chinese medicine, martial arts) dantian
- Any one of the 3 dantian:
- the upper dantian (上丹田), between the eyebrows
- the center dantian (中丹田), at the solar plexus
- the lower dantian (下丹田), below the navel
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (丹田):
- → Japanese: 丹田 (tanden)
- → Korean: 단전(丹田) (danjeon)
- → Vietnamese: đan điền (丹田)
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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丹 | 田 |
たん Grade: S | でん Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) たんでん [tàńdéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [tã̠ndẽ̞ɴ]
Noun
丹田 • (tanden)
- dantian
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN