団

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See also: 團 and 团
団 U+56E3, 団
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56E3
← 团
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 囤 →

Translingual

Traditional 團
Shinjitai 団
Simplified 团

Etymology

Simplified from 團 (專 → 寸)

Han character

団 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 田木戈 (WDI), composition ⿴囗寸)

  1. sphere, ball, circle
  2. mass, lump

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 217, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4703
  • Dae Jaweon: page 444, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 711, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+56E3

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 団 – see 團 (“sphere; ball; circle; to roll; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 團).

Japanese

Shinjitai

団

Kyūjitai

團

Kanji

団

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 團)

  1. group, association

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
団
だん
Grade: 5
goon
Alternative spelling
團 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 團 (MC dwan).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

団(だん) • (Dan) 

  1. a surname

Suffix

団(だん) • (-dan) 

  1. group, team, gang
    銀(ぎん)河(が)団(だん)
    gingadan
    a galaxy cluster
    ロケット団(だん)
    Roketto-dan
    Team Rocket
    CLAMP(クランプ) 学(がく)園(えん)探(たん)偵(てい)団(だん)
    Kuranpu Gakuen Tanteidan
    Clamp Academy Detectives

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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