簞
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See also: 箪
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Translingual
| Traditional | 簞 |
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| Shinjitai (extended) |
箪 |
| Simplified | 箪 |
Han character
簞 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹口口十 (HRRJ), four-corner 88506, composition ⿱𥫗單)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 899, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26509
- Dae Jaweon: page 1324, character 41
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3015, character 11
- Unihan data for U+7C1E
Chinese
| trad. | 簞 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 箪 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 簞 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 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 |
| 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 | *tʰaːn, *tʰjanʔ |
| 灛 | *tʰjanʔ |
| 蟬 | *djan |
| 禪 | *djan, *djans |
| 嬋 | *djan |
| 墠 | *djanʔ |
| 鱓 | *djanʔ |
| 蕇 | *teːnʔ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dan
- Wade–Giles: tan1
- Yale: dān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dan
- Palladius: дань (danʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: daan1
- Yale: dāan
- Cantonese Pinyin: daan1
- Guangdong Romanization: dan1
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: tan
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*taːn/
Definitions
簞
- a bamboo utensil for holding cooked rice; a basket
- 民以為將拯己於水火之中也，簞食壺漿，以迎王師。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: w:Mencius (book) (孟子) (tr. James Legge)
- Mín yǐwèi jiāng zhěng jǐ yú shuǐhuǒ zhī zhōng yě, dān sì hú jiāng, yǐ yíng wángshī.
- The people supposed that you were going to deliver them out of the water and the fire, and brought baskets of rice and vessels of congee, to meet your Majesty's host.
民以为将拯己于水火之中也，箪食壶浆，以迎王师。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Japanese
| 箪 | |
| 簞 |
Kanji
簞
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 箪)
- small bamboo basket for holding
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 簞 (MC tan).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
Hanja
簞 (eumhun 대광주리 단 (daegwangjuri dan))
- a bamboo basket