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彈

彈

See also: 弹 and 弾

Translingual

Traditional 彈
Shinjitai 弾
Simplified 弹

Han character

彈 (radical 57 弓+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 弓口口十 (NRRJ), four-corner 16256, composition ⿰弓單)

References

  • KangXi: page 360, character 45
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9865
  • Dae Jaweon: page 678, character 33
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1002, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+5F48

Chinese

trad. 彈
simp. 弹
alt. forms 𢎫

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 彈
Oracle bone script Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (單) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
嚲 *taːlʔ
癉 *taːlʔ, *taːls, *taːn, *daːn
奲 *taːlʔ, *tʰjaːlʔ
驒 *daːl, *daːn, *teːn
鼉 *daːl
磾 *teːl
鷤 *deːl, *deːls, *daːn
觶 *tjal, *tjals
單 *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans
鄲 *taːn
殫 *taːn
簞 *taːn
匰 *taːn
襌 *taːn
啴 *tʰaːn
彈 *daːn, *daːns
貚 *daːn, *deːn
撣 *daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan, *taːnʔ
潬 *daːnʔ
僤 *daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan
憚 *daːns
樿 *tjanʔ
燀 *tjanʔ, *tʰjan, *tʰjanʔ
戰 *tjans
闡 *tʰjanʔ
繟 *tʰjanʔ
幝 *tʰjanʔ
嘽 *tʰjanʔ
灛 *tʰjanʔ
蟬 *djan
禪 *djan, *djans
嬋 *djan
墠 *djanʔ
鱓 *djanʔ
蕇 *teːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *daːn, *daːns) : semantic 弓 + phonetic 單 ‎(OC *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 彈
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 寒 (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徒干切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /dɑn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /dɑn/
Shao
Rongfen		 /dɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /dan/
Li
Rong		 /dɑn/
Wang
Li		 /dɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /dʱɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 tán
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 彈 彈
Reading # 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 tán tán
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dan › ‹ dan ›
Old
Chinese		 /*Cə.dˤar/ /*[d]ˤar/
English shoot pellets shoot pellets

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 彈
Reading # 1/2
No. 2003
Phonetic
component		 單
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 壇
Old
Chinese		 /*daːn/

Definitions

彈

  1. to shoot (with a slingshot); to catapult; to eject
  2. to flick; to fluff; to strike
  3. (music) to play (a stringed musical instrument)
    彈琴 / 弹琴  ―  tánqín  ―  to play stringed instruments or piano
  4. to spring; to leap; to be elastic
  5. to accuse; to criticise; to expose
  6. (TCM) to puncture
  7. (of tear) to fall
  8. † to weigh
  9. (Min Dong) to shine
  10. (Min Dong) to look (in the mirror)
  11. (Min Nan) to blather; to speak nonsense

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 彈
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 寒 (61)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徒案切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /dɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /dɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /dɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /danH/
Li
Rong		 /dɑnH/
Wang
Li		 /dɑnH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /dʱɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 dàn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 彈
Reading # 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 dàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ danH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[d]ˤar-s/
English pellet

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 彈
Reading # 2/2
No. 2013
Phonetic
component		 單
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 憚
Old
Chinese		 /*daːns/

Definitions

彈

  1. shot; pellet
  2. slingshot
  3. †Alternative form of 蛋 (dàn, “egg”).
  4. bullet; shot
    子彈 / 子弹  ―  zǐdàn  ―  bullet
  5. bomb; shell

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

彈

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 弾)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

彈 • ‎(tan) (hangeul 탄, McCune-Reischauer t'an, Yale than)

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Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

彈 (đạn, đàn, đằn, đan, đận, rờn)

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