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旦 means 'dawn'

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Strokes : 5    Frequency: 1171   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-13    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 11 words   Used in 28 words   Used in 143 names   Component in 105 kanji (18 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   タン   ダン
Additional readings
Kun    あきら   ただし   あさ   あした   あきらか
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 旦 - click the badge to download
This kanji may be graphically simple, but it's associated with a bewildering mess of meanings! Primarily, 旦 relates to dawn and the first day of a year or month, but 旦 also pops up in a term meaning "momentarily" (and its spinoffs). And then a very common word with 旦 involves powerful men (and their sons and businesses) and even geishas and mistresses. The essay connects these dots!
Components
⿱  日 sun; day  一 one  
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旧 former  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 旦 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 旦 is used 28 times, read 2 ways.
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タン : 18 words FIND ALL
い っ た ん 0
1. once  (often written with kana only)
2. for a moment; temporarily
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ダン : 10 words FIND ALL
だ ん な 0
noun
1. master (of a house, shop, etc.)
2. husband (informal)
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An additional 旧 less common words include 旦 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
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旦
タン   ダン    dawn   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
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