Word Meaning 煉丹

れんたん rentan

煉丹 is read as れんたん (rentan) and means elixir of life (prepared from cinnabar in ancient China).

Meaning

English

elixir of life (prepared from cinnabar in ancient China)

Reading

Kana

れんたん

Romaji

rentan

Writing Variants

練丹れんたん rentan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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煉丹術

れんたんじゅつ

art of making elixirs (e.g. in Chinese trad. medicine)

煉瓦

れんが

brick

牡丹

ぼたん

wild boar (meat)

安本丹

あんぽんたん

fool

転び切支丹

ころびきりしたん

former Christian (forced to apostatize during the Edo period)

切支丹

きりしたん

Christianity (in feudal Japan)

不丹

ぶーたん

Bhutan

隠れ切支丹

かくれきりしたん

clandestine Christian (during the Edo period)

書丹

しょたん

writing an inscription on a stone monument (e.g. before carving it)

伊勢丹

いせたん

Isetan (department store)

両丹

りょうたん

Ryōtan (region in Kansai corresponding to the two historical provinces of Tanba and Tango)

森下仁丹

もりしたじんたん

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