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Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

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

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.
simp.
alt. forms 𢎫

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Oracle bone script Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*taːlʔ
*taːlʔ, *taːls, *taːn, *daːn
*taːlʔ, *tʰjaːlʔ
*daːl, *daːn, *teːn
*daːl
*teːl
*deːl, *deːls, *daːn
*tjal, *tjals
*taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans
*taːn
*taːn
*taːn
*taːn
*taːn
*tʰaːn
*daːn, *daːns
*daːn, *deːn
*daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan, *taːnʔ
*daːnʔ
*daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan
*daːns
樿 *tjanʔ
*tjanʔ, *tʰjan, *tʰjanʔ
*tjans
*tʰjanʔ
*tʰjanʔ
*tʰjanʔ
*tʰjanʔ
*tʰjanʔ
*djan
*djan, *djans
*djan
*djanʔ
*djanʔ
*teːnʔ

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

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (7)
Final () (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
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
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
Reading # 1/2
No. 2003
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*daːn/

Definitions

  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)
    /    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
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (7)
Final () (61)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
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
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
Reading # 2/2
No. 2013
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*daːns/

Definitions

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

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

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

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

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

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Compounds


Vietnamese

Han character

(đạn, đàn, đằn, đan, đận, rờn)

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