彈丸

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See also: 弹丸

Chinese

bullet; shot; ball
bullet; shot; ball; to play (a stringed instrument); to pluck a string; impeach
 
 pill
trad. (彈丸) 彈 丸
simp. (弹丸) 弹 丸

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 彈 丸
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 寒 (61) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 徒案切 胡官切
Baxter danH hwan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/dɑnH/ /ɦuɑn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/dɑnH/ /ɦʷɑn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dɑnH/ /ɣuɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/danH/ /ɦwan/
Li
Rong 		/dɑnH/ /ɣuɑn/
Wang
Li 		/dɑnH/ /ɣuɑn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/dʱɑnH/ /ɣuɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dàn huán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		daan6 wun4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 彈 丸
Reading # 1/3 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		dàn wán
Middle
Chinese 		‹ danH › ‹ hwan ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁar-s/ /*ʷˁar/
English pellet pellet; ball

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 丸
Reading # 2/2 1/1
No. 2013 12608
Phonetic
component 		單 丸
Rime
group 		元 元
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		憚 桓
Old
Chinese 		/*daːns/ /*ɡʷaːn/

Noun

彈丸

  1. pellet; shot; bullet
  2. (literary, figuratively) tiny place

Adjective

彈丸

  1. (literary, figurative, attributive) small; tiny (of a place or area)
    彈丸小島／弹丸小岛  ―  dànwán xiǎodǎo  ―  tiny island

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (彈丸):
  • → Japanese: 弾丸(だんがん) (dangan)
  • → Korean: 탄환(彈丸) (tanhwan)

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 彈 丸
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 寒 (61) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 徒干切 胡官切
Baxter dan hwan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/dɑn/ /ɦuɑn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/dɑn/ /ɦʷɑn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dɑn/ /ɣuɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dan/ /ɦwan/
Li
Rong 		/dɑn/ /ɣuɑn/
Wang
Li 		/dɑn/ /ɣuɑn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/dʱɑn/ /ɣuɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tán huán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		taan4 wun4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 彈 彈 丸
Reading # 2/3 3/3 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		tán tán wán
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dan › ‹ dan › ‹ hwan ›
Old
Chinese 		/*Cə.dˁar/ /*ˁar/ /*ʷˁar/
English shoot pellets shoot pellets pellet; ball

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 丸
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 2003 12608
Phonetic
component 		單 丸
Rime
group 		元 元
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		壇 桓
Old
Chinese 		/*daːn/ /*ɡʷaːn/

Verb

彈丸

  1. (Classical) to shoot pellets

Japanese

Kanji in this term
彈 丸
だん
Jinmeiyō 		がん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

彈(だん)丸(がん) • (dangan) 

  1. Kyūjitai form of 弾丸 (“bullet”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
彈丸

Noun

彈丸 • (tanhwan) (hangeul 탄환)

  1. hanja form? of 탄환 (“bullet”)
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