丹科 (Dānkē): Danko (Slavic given name and su…

Meanings

1 Danko (Slavic given name and surname); famously the name of the heroic protagonist in Maxim Gorky's short story 'Старуха Изергиль' (Old Izergil), who tears out his own burning heart to lead his people through a forest

Characters

丹

dān

cinnabar red (used phonetically: 'dan')

科

kē

branch, department (used phonetically: '-ko')

Examples

丹科是俄罗斯文学中的英雄人物。

Dānkē shì Éluósī wénxué zhōng de yīngxióng rénwù.

Danko is a heroic figure in Russian literature.

我朋友丹科是从塞尔维亚来的。

Wǒ péngyǒu Dānkē shì cóng Sài'ěrwéiyà lái de.

My friend Danko is from Serbia.

Tips

culture

Two-syllable Slavic name. 丹 (dān) for 'Dan-' (also used for Danes/Denmark 丹麦) and 科 (kē) for the '-ko' ending common in Slavic names (compare 米兰科, 马尔科). The most famous literary Danko is Gorky's character who lights his own heart on fire as a torch — a stock symbol of self-sacrifice taught in Soviet-era and Chinese school anthologies.