蛋

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See also: 疍 and 卵
蛋 U+86CB, 蛋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86CB
← 蛊
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蛌 →

Translingual

Stroke order
11 strokes

Han character

蛋 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓人中一戈 (NOLMI), four-corner 17136, composition ⿱疋虫)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1081, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32977
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1549, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2845, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+86CB

Chinese

Wikipedia has articles on:
  • 蛋 (Wu)
  • 蛋 (Cantonese)
  • 蛋 (Written Standard Chinese?)

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (延) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
唌 *l'aːn
誕 *l'aːnʔ
蜑 *l'aːnʔ
蛋 *l'aːns
硟 *slan, *l̥ʰjans
涎 *ljan, *lans
脠 *l̥ʰan, *hljan
梴 *l̥ʰan
鋋 *ɦljan, *lan
埏 *hljan, *lan
挻 *hljan
鯅 *hljan
延 *lan, *lans
筵 *lan
蜒 *lan
狿 *lan, *lans
郔 *lan
綖 *lan
莚 *lan, *lans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'aːns) : phonetic 延 (OC *lan, *lans) + semantic 虫 (“snake, insect”). 延 is abbreviated to 疋.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 蛋
2nd round simp. 旦
alternative forms 疍
蜑
鴠／𱉗
旦 informal (especially Cantonese)
蛋

From 彈 (MC danH, “pellet”) (Zhengzhang, 2003).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • tàn - vernacular;
  • tān - literary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蛋
Reading # 1/1
No. 14245
Phonetic
component 		延
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		憚
Old
Chinese 		/*l'aːns/
Notes 通作彈分化字，
本蜑異構

Definitions

蛋

  1. egg (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 隻／只 c)
    雞蛋／鸡蛋  ―  jīdàn  ―  chicken egg
    蛋殼／蛋壳  ―  dànké  ―  eggshell
  2. egg-shaped object
    跳蛋  ―  tiàodàn  ―  love egg
  3. (slang) ball; testicle
  4. suffix denoting “person of certain characteristics”, usually with a pejorative tone
    傻蛋  ―  shǎdàn  ―  goofball
    笨蛋  ―  bèndàn  ―  fool
  5. (Hong Kong Cantonese) zero score; goose egg
  6. Alternative form of 蜑 (dàn)
Usage notes
A sign reading 鸡旦炒饭 (" egg fried rice"), which uses 旦 instead of 蛋

Occasionally spelled with the character 旦 instead, especially in the menus of cha chaan tengs, as it is faster to write when taking orders).

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 蛋 (“egg (of a bird or reptile)”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 卵
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蛋, 卵
Mandarin Beijing 蛋, 子兒
Taiwan 蛋
Jinan 蛋
Wanrong 蛋
Wuhan 蛋
Chengdu 蛋
Guiyang 蛋
Guilin 蛋
Xuzhou 蛋
Yangzhou 蛋
Hefei 蛋
Malaysia 蛋
Singapore 蛋
Cantonese Guangzhou 蛋, 春
Hong Kong 蛋, 春
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 春
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 春
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 春
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 春
Macau 蛋, 春
Guangzhou (Panyu) 春, 蛋
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 蛋
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 春
Foshan 春, 蛋
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 春
Foshan (Shunde) 春
Foshan (Sanshui) 春
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 春
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 春
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 春
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 春
Zhuhai (Doumen) 蛋
Jiangmen (Baisha) 蛋
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 蛋
Taishan 蛋
Kaiping (Chikan) 蛋
Enping (Niujiang) 蛋
Heshan (Yayao) 蛋
Dongguan 春
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 春
Yangjiang 蛋, 春
Nanning 蛋
Wuzhou 蛋
Yulin 蛋
Hepu (Lianzhou) 蛋
Beihai 蛋
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 蛋
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 蛋
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 蛋
Sanya (Yanglan Maihua) 子
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 蛋
Singapore (Guangfu) 蛋
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 蛋
Móng Cái 蛋
Gan Nanchang 蛋
Lichuan 蛋
Pingxiang 架架
Jianning 蛋
Taining 卵
Hakka Meixian 卵, 春, 蛋
Xingning 春
Dabu (Xihe) 春
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 春
Huiyang 春
Dongguan (Qingxi) 春
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 春
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 春
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 春
Wuhua (Huacheng) 春
Wuhua (Changbu) 春
Wuhua (Mianyang) 春
Heyuan (Bendihua) 春
Wengyuan 春
Liannan 春
Conghua (Lütian) 春
Jiexi 卵
Luhe 卵
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 卵
Changting 蛋
Wuping 蛋
Wuping (Yanqian) 蛋
Liancheng 卵
Ninghua 蛋
Tonggu (Sandu) 蛋
Ganzhou (Panlong) 蛋
Dayu 蛋
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 卵, 春
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 卵, 春
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 卵, 春
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 卵, 春
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 卵, 春
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 卵
Hong Kong 春, 蛋
Yangxi (Tangkou) 春
Yangchun (Sanjia) 春
Xinyi (Sihe) 春
Xinyi (Qianpai) 蛋
Gaozhou (Xindong) 春
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 蛋
Huazhou (Xin'an) 蛋
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 蛋
Lianjiang (Qingping) 蛋
Mengshan (Xihe) 春
Luchuan 蛋
Sabah (Longchuan) 春
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 春
Senai (Huiyang) 春
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 春
Singkawang 春
Jin Taiyuan 蛋
Northern Min Jian'ou 卵
Songxi 卵
Zhenghe 卵
Jianyang 卵
Wuyishan 卵
Eastern Min Fuzhou 卵
Changle 卵
Lianjiang 卵
Fuqing 卵
Pingtan 卵
Yongtai 卵
Minqing 卵
Gutian 卵
Pingnan 卵
Luoyuan 卵
Fu'an 卵
Ningde 卵
Xiapu 卵
Zherong 卵
Shouning 卵
Zhouning 卵
Fuding 卵
Matsu 卵
Southern Min Xiamen 卵
Xiamen (Tong'an) 卵
Quanzhou 卵
Jinjiang 卵
Nan'an 卵
Shishi 卵
Hui'an 卵
Anxi 卵
Yongchun 卵
Dehua 卵
Zhangzhou 卵
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 卵
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 卵
Hua'an 卵
Nanjing 卵
Pinghe 卵
Zhangpu 卵
Yunxiao 卵
Zhao'an 卵
Dongshan 卵
Taipei 卵
New Taipei (Sanxia) 卵
Kaohsiung 卵
Yilan 卵
Changhua (Lukang) 卵
Taichung 卵
Taichung (Wuqi) 卵
Tainan 卵
Taitung 卵
Hsinchu 卵
Kinmen 卵
Penghu (Magong) 卵
Penang (Hokkien) 卵
Singapore (Hokkien) 卵
Manila (Hokkien) 卵
Longyan 卵
Zhangping 卵
Datian 卵
Chaozhou 卵
Shantou 卵
Shantou (Chenghai) 卵
Jieyang 卵
Haifeng 卵
Bangkok (Teochew) 卵
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 卵
Singapore (Teochew) 卵
Leizhou 卵
Wenchang 卵
Haikou 卵
Singapore (Hainanese) 卵
Puxian Min Putian 卵
Xianyou 卵
Central Min Yong'an 卵
Sanyuan 卵
Shaxian 卵
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 卵
Guangze 卵
Jiangle 卵
Mingxi 卵
Shunchang 卵
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 春
Wu Shanghai (Chongming) 蛋
Suzhou 蛋
Danyang 蛋
Ningbo 蛋
Wenzhou 卵
Jinhua 卵
Xiang Changsha 蛋
Shuangfeng 蛋
Dialectal synonyms of 睪丸 (“testicle”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 外腎, 腎
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 睪丸, 精巢
Mandarin Beijing 卵子兒, 卵包子, 小蛋兒
Taiwan 蛋蛋
Harbin 卵子兒
Jinan 球蛋
Luoyang 蛋子兒, 蛋
Wanrong 子
Xi'an 蛋子兒
Yinchuan 卵子
Lanzhou 脬子兒, 腎
Ürümqi 脬卵子, 卵子
Wuhan 卵子, 卵蛋, 卵坨
Chengdu 卵, 卵蛋, 蛋蛋, 卵子, 敲敲兒
Guiyang 卵蛋
Liuzhou 卵考子, 考子
Yangzhou 卵蛋, 卵子子
Nanjing 卵子
Singapore 球
Cantonese Guangzhou 春子
Hong Kong 春, 春子, 春核, 波子
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 核
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 核春
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 核仁
Kaiping (Chikan) 春牯
Dongguan 春核
Hepu (Lianzhou) 卵子
Hepu (Shatian) 卵脬仁
Guiping 核子
Guiping (Mule) 𨳍卵
Pingnan 核卵
Guigang (Gangcheng) 核仔
Guigang (Pingdong) 核仁
Beihai 卵仁
Beihai (Nankang) 卵仁
Beihai (Yingpan) 卵仁
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 卵仁
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 卵核
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 卵核
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 春仔
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 卵
Móng Cái 卵核
Gan Lichuan 順子
Pingxiang 卵坨子
Hakka Meixian 核卵
Xingning 核卵
Dabu (Xihe) 核卵仁
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 核卵
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 核卵
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 核卵
Wuhua (Huacheng) 核卵
Wuhua (Changbu) 核卵
Wuhua (Mianyang) 核卵
Jiexi 核卵
Changting 卵子
Yongding 核卵
Yongding (Xiayang) 核卵仁
Yongding (Gaobei) 核卵
Yongding (Hukeng) 核卵
Wuping (Zhongshan) 核卵
Liancheng (Peitian) 卵子
Liancheng (Juxi) 核卵
Liancheng (Zhongbao) 核卵
Liancheng (Laiyuan) 核卵
Yudu 卵子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 核卵
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 核卵
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 核卵
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 核卵仁
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 核卵仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 核卵
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 核卵
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 核卵
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 核卵
Hong Kong 核卵
Sabah (Longchuan) 核卵
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 核卵仁
Senai (Huiyang) 核
Singkawang 核卵
Bangkok (Meixian) 核卵
Bangkok (Fengshun) 核卵
Huizhou Jixi 卵子
Jin Pingyao 堆兒, 蛋
Xinzhou 蛋籽子
Eastern Min Fuzhou 𡳞核子, 𡳞核
Changle 𡳞核子
Fuqing 𡳞核子
Yongtai 𡳞脬子
Gutian 𡳞核子
Fu'an 𡳞脬子
Ningde 𡳞脬子
Shouning 𡳞脬子
Zhouning 尿脬子
Fuding 卵脬子
Southern Min Xiamen 𡳞核, 腎子
Quanzhou 𡳞核, 腎子
Jinjiang 𡳞核
Yongchun 𡳞核, 𡳞核子
Zhangzhou 𡳞核, 腎子
Zhao'an 𡳞核
Taipei 𡳞核
Taipei (Wanhua) 𡳞脬核仔
New Taipei (Tamsui) 𡳞核
New Taipei (Sanxia) 𡳞核
New Taipei (Pingxi) 𡳞核
Kaohsiung 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 𡳞核仔, 𡳞核
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 𡳞核
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 𡳞核
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 𡳞核
Yilan 𡳞核
Yilan (Toucheng) 𡳞核仔
Changhua (Lukang) 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
Taichung 𡳞核仔
Taichung (Wuqi) 𡳞核
Tainan 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔, 腎子
Tainan (Anping) 𡳞核
Taitung 𡳞核仔
Hsinchu 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
Kinmen 𡳞核
Penghu (Magong) 𡳞核
Penghu (Xiyu) 𡳞核
Penang (Hokkien) 𡳞核, 核, 𡳞脬子
Singapore (Hokkien) 𡳞核, 腎子, 𡳞脬子
Manila (Hokkien) 𡳞核
Chaozhou 核
Shantou 𡳞核
Shantou (Chenghai) 𡳞核
Nan'ao (Houzhai) 𡳞核
Nan'ao (Yun'ao) 𡳞核
Jieyang 𡳞核, 𡳞仁
Haifeng 𡳞脬核
Bangkok (Teochew) 𡳞核
Leizhou 𡳞脬子, 𡳞脬核, 核子
Wenchang 𡳞仁
Haikou 𡳞脬仁
Puxian Min Putian (Donghai) 𡳞核
Central Min Sanyuan 石核
Shaxian 尿脬核
Shaojiang Min Mingxi 腎肚子
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 卵子
Wu Shanghai 卵子
Suzhou 卵子
Danyang 卵脬黃, 卵子黃
Hangzhou 卵子
Ningbo 卵黃, 卵袋黃
Wenzhou 卵子, 卵袋子, 陰袋子
Jinhua 老核子
Xiang Loudi 考子, 卵子
Dialectal synonyms of 零蛋 (“goose egg; score of zero”)
Variety Location Words
Mandarin Beijing 鴨蛋
Taiwan 零蛋, 鴨蛋
Tangshan 鴨蛋
Cangzhou 雞蛋
Baoding 鴨蛋, 雞蛋
Chifeng 鴨蛋
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 鴨蛋
Harbin 零蛋, 雞蛋
Shenyang 鴨蛋, 雞蛋
Jinzhou 雞蛋
Yantai (Muping) 零蛋
Qingdao 零蛋
Jinan 鴨蛋
Luoyang 大雞蛋
Wanrong 零蛋
Shangqiu 雞蛋
Zhengzhou 雞蛋
Xi'an 零蛋, 雞蛋
Baoji 雞蛋
Yinchuan 零蛋, 鴨蛋, 大鴨蛋, 雞蛋
Lanzhou 零蛋, 鴨蛋, 雞蛋
Xining 零蛋, 雞蛋
Ürümqi 鴨蛋
Wuhan 雞蛋, 鴨蛋
Hong'an 零雞蛋, 雞蛋
Chengdu 零蛋, 鵝蛋, 鴨蛋
Nanchong 零光蛋
Guiyang 零寡蛋, 零蛋, 雞蛋
Zhaotong 零寡蛋
Dali 零雞蛋
Kunming 鴨蛋, 雞蛋, 零雞蛋
Mengzi 雞蛋
Liuzhou 零蛋, 零雞蛋, 鴨蛋, 大鴨蛋
Xuzhou 零蛋, 大零蛋, 鴨蛋, 大鴨蛋
Yangzhou 鴨蛋
Lianshui 零蛋子
Nanjing 鴨蛋
Hefei 零蛋
Nantong 鴨蛋
Singapore 零蛋, 雞蛋
Cantonese Guangzhou 零蛋, 雞蛋, 鴨蛋
Hong Kong 零蛋, 零雞蛋, 蛋
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 光蛋
Macau 零蛋
Guangzhou (Panyu) 鴨蛋
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 零蛋
Guangzhou (Conghua) 零蛋
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 湯圓, 鴨蛋
Foshan 零蛋
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 雞蛋
Foshan (Shunde) 零蛋
Foshan (Sanshui) 零蛋
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 零蛋
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 零雞蛋
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 光蛋
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 鴨蛋
Zhuhai (Doumen) 光蛋
Jiangmen (Baisha) 零蛋
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 零蛋
Taishan 零蛋
Kaiping (Chikan) 零蛋
Enping (Niujiang) 零蛋
Heshan (Yayao) 零蛋
Dongguan 鴨蛋, 光蛋, 零蛋
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 光蛋
Shaoguan 鴨蛋
Yunfu 零雞蛋
Xinyi 鴨蛋
Lianjiang 鴨蛋, 雞蛋
Nanning 零蛋, 鴨蛋, 雞蛋
Wuzhou 雞蛋
Yulin 鴨蛋, 雞蛋
Hepu (Lianzhou) 雞蛋, 鴨蛋
Gan Lichuan 鵝蛋
Pingxiang 架架
Hakka Meixian 鴨卵
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 鴨蛋
Dongguan (Qingxi) 鴨春
Shanghang 鴨蛋, 零蛋
Yudu 鵝蛋, 紅蛋
Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui) 鴨蛋
Pingle (Tong'an) 零春
Singkawang 零鴨春
Huizhou Jixi 零蛋
Shexian 鴨子, 零蛋
Jin Taiyuan 零蛋, 零雞蛋
Xinzhou 零大豆, 大豆, 零顆子, 零蛋子, 燒餅, 雞蛋
Linhe 零蛋
Jining 零蛋
Hohhot 雞蛋
Pingshan 雞蛋
Zhangjiakou 雞蛋, 零蛋
Handan 鴨蛋, 大雞蛋
Suide 零圪蛋, 雞蛋
Northern Min Jian'ou 鴨嫲卵
Eastern Min Fuzhou 鴨母卵
Southern Min Xiamen 鴨卵, 鴨母卵, 圓箍仔
Quanzhou 鴨卵, 鴨母卵, 圓箍仔, 圓箍奶
Zhangzhou 鴨卵, 鴨母卵, 圓箍仔
Leizhou 雞卵
Haikou 鴨卵
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 零蛋, 鴨蛋, 雞蛋
Wu Shanghai 零湯糰, 鴨蛋
Shanghai (Chongming) 零蛋, 鴨蛋
Suzhou 零湯糰
Wuxi 零湯糰
Danyang 零蛋, 零光蛋
Hangzhou 鴨蛋
Ningbo 屙蛋分, 零蛋分, 零蛋
Wenzhou 鴨卵
Jinhua 零蛋, 鴨卵
Xiang Changsha 零巴巴, 圞蛋
Loudi 零坨, 鴨蛋

Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 蛋
alternative forms 單／单
端

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Definitions

蛋

  1. (Southern Min) unlaid egg of a fowl

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

蛋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. (uncommon) an egg

Readings

Compounds

Compounds

Usage notes

Seldom used in Japanese. Not used in isolation.

The egg sense and tamago reading is more commonly spelled either 玉子 or 卵.

Korean

Hanja

蛋 • (dan) (hangeul 단)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蛋: Hán Nôm readings: đản

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