| 太子丹 |
Tài zǐ Dān |
Prince Dan of Yan (–226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng 嬴政 of Qin 秦 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荆轲 in 227 BC |
| 太 |
tài |
highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely |
| 太子 |
tài zǐ |
crown prince |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair" |
| 丹 |
dān |
red / pellet / powder / cinnabar |