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Translingual
Han character
坦 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土日一 (GAM), four-corner 46110, composition ⿰土旦)
Derived characters
Further reading
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 226, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4971
- Dae Jaweon: page 461, character 30
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 431, character 3
- Unihan data for U+5766
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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皽
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*tjaʀ, *tanʔ, *tjanʔ
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担
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*taːnʔ
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胆
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*daːn, *daːn
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疸
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*taːnʔ, *taːns
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觛
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*taːnʔ, *taːns, *daːnʔ
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亶
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*taːnʔ
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嬗
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*taːnʔ, *tʰaːn, *djans
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笪
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*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
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狚
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*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
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旦
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*taːns
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鴠
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*taːns
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譠
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*tʰaːn, *rteːn
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坦
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*tʰaːnʔ
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但
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*daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns
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檀
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*daːn
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壇
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*daːn
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儃
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*daːn, *djan
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驙
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*daːn, *tan
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袒
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*daːnʔ, *rdeːns
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襢
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*daːnʔ, *tanʔ, *tans
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繵
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*daːnʔ
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膻
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*daːnʔ
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澶
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*daːns, *djan
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邅
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*tan, *danʔ, *dans
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鱣
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*tan
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饘
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*tjan, *tjanʔ
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旜
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*tjan
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氈
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*tjan
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鸇
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*tjan
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顫
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*tjans
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蟺
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*djanʔ
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擅
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*djans
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羶
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*hljan
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呾
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*taːd, *ʔraːd
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怛
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*taːd
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妲
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*taːd
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靼
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*taːd, *tjad
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炟
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*taːd
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰaːnʔ): semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 旦 (OC *taːns)
Pronunciation
Note:
- thán - literary;
- tháⁿ - vernacular.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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坦
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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tǎn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ thanX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁaʔ/
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English
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level, at ease
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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坦
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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2059
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Phonetic component
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旦
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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坦
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Old Chinese
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/*tʰaːnʔ/
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Definitions
坦
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) flat; level; wide
- 平坦 ― píngtǎn ― level
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) calm; open-hearted; at ease
- 坦然 ― tǎnrán ― calm
子曰:「君子坦蕩蕩,小人長戚戚。」
子曰:「君子坦荡荡,小人长戚戚。」 - From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐ yuē: “Jūnzǐ tǎn dàngdàng, xiǎorén cháng qīqī.”
- The Master said, "The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress."
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) honest; frank
- 坦白 ― tǎnbái ― honest; candid
- Synonym: 直率 (zhíshuài)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to reveal; to expose
坦腹江亭暖,長吟野望時。
坦腹江亭暖,长吟野望时。 - From: 杜甫 (Du Fu) 《江亭》
- Tǎn fù jiāng tíng nuǎn, cháng yín yě wàng shí.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- a surname
- Used in transcription.
- 坦桑尼亞/坦桑尼亚 ― Tǎnsāngníyà ― Tanzania
- 巴基斯坦 ― Bājīsītǎn ― Pakistan
- 愛因斯坦/爱因斯坦 ― Àiyīnsītǎn ― Einstein
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
坦
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- flat; level; even
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 坦 (MC thanX).
Hanja
Wikisource
坦 (eumhun 평평할 탄 (pyeongpyeonghal tan))
- hanja form? of 탄 (“flat; level; even”)
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
坦: Hán Việt readings: thản (儻旱切), thán
坦: Nôm readings: đứt, đất, đắt, thản, đác, đởn, thán, đắn, đật, ngẩn, thưỡn
Etymology 1
Affix
坦 (thản)
- chữ Hán form of thản (“flat; level; wide”)
- chữ Hán form of thản (“calm; pleasant”)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, đất): semantic 土 (“earth”) + abbreviated phonetic 怛 (đát). The 旦 element is a simplified form of 怛.
Noun
坦 • (đất)
- chữ Nôm form of đất (“earth; soil; dirt”)
- chữ Nôm form of đất (“land”)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Verb
坦 • (đứt)
- chữ Nôm form of đứt (“to break off; to be cut off”)
References