丹卡 (Dānkǎ): Danka (Slavic/Polish female giv…

Meanings

1 Danka (Slavic/Polish female given name, diminutive of Daniela/Danuta)
2 (in some contexts) Tanka — Tibetan Buddhist scroll painting (more commonly written 唐卡 Tángkǎ)

Characters

丹

dān

cinnabar red (phonetic)

卡

kǎ

card; checkpoint (phonetic)

Examples

丹卡是波兰常见的女子名字。

Dānkǎ shì Bōlán chángjiàn de nǚzǐ míngzi.

Danka is a common Polish female name.

她的笔友叫丹卡，住在布拉格。

Tā de bǐyǒu jiào Dānkǎ, zhù zài Bùlāgé.

Her pen pal is named Danka, and lives in Prague.

Tips

usage

丹卡 is most often a Slavic given-name transliteration (Danka — short for Daniela in Polish, Czech, Slovak, Serbian). Note: the visually similar 唐卡 (Tángkǎ) refers to Tibetan Buddhist thangka paintings, a different word that is sometimes confused due to similar sound — be sure of the tone and characters.

memory

丹 (dān, cinnabar red) + 卡 (kǎ, card/transliteration syllable). The 丹 is also used in the country name 丹麦 (Denmark) — easy hook: a 'red card' name, but here it's just the syllables Dan + ka → Danka.