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Translingual
Han character
彈 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 弓口口十 (NRRJ), four-corner 16256, composition ⿰弓單)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 360, character 45
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9865
- Dae Jaweon: page 678, character 33
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1002, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5F48
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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嚲
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*taːlʔ
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癉
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*taːlʔ, *taːls, *taːn, *daːn
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奲
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*taːlʔ, *tʰjaːlʔ
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驒
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*daːl, *daːn, *teːn
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鼉
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*daːl
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磾
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*teːl
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鷤
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*deːl, *deːls, *daːn
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觶
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*tjal, *tjals
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單
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*taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans
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鄲
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*taːn
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殫
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*taːn
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簞
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*taːn
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匰
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*taːn
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襌
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*taːn
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彈
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*daːn, *daːns
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貚
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*daːn, *deːn
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撣
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*daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan, *taːnʔ
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潬
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*daːnʔ
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僤
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*daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan
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憚
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*daːns
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樿
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*tjanʔ
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燀
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*tjanʔ, *tʰjan, *tʰjanʔ
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戰
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*tjans
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闡
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*tʰjanʔ
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繟
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*tʰjanʔ
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幝
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*tʰjanʔ
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嘽
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*tʰaːn, *tʰjanʔ
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灛
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*tʰjanʔ
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蟬
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*djan
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禪
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*djan, *djans
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嬋
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*djan
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墠
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*djanʔ
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鱓
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*djanʔ
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蕇
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*teːnʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *daːn, *daːns) : semantic 弓 + phonetic 單 (OC *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans).
Pronunciation 1
Note:
- daan6 - to catapult, to flick, to spring, to be elastic;
- taan4 - to play (an instrument), to accuse.
Note:
- tân - literary;
- tôaⁿ/tōaⁿ - vernacular.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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彈
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彈
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Reading #
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2/3
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3/3
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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tán
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tán
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Middle Chinese
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‹ dan ›
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‹ dan ›
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Old Chinese
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/*Cə.dˁar/
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/*ˁar/
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English
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shoot pellets
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shoot pellets
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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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彈
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Reading #
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1/2
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No.
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2003
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Phonetic component
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單
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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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壇
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Old Chinese
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/*daːn/
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Definitions
彈
- to shoot (with a slingshot); to catapult; to eject
- to flick; to fluff; to strike
- (music) to play (a stringed musical instrument)
- 彈琴/弹琴 ― tánqín ― to play stringed instruments or piano
- to spring; to leap; to be elastic
- to accuse; to criticise; to expose (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (traditional Chinese medicine) to puncture
- (of tear) to fall
- † to weigh
- (Eastern Min) to shine
- (Eastern Min) to look at oneself in the mirror
- (Southern Min) to blather; to speak nonsense
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tôaⁿ / tōaⁿ / tân / tān / thân
- Tâi-lô: tuânn / tuānn / tân / tān / thân
- Phofsit Daibuun: dvoaa, dvoa, daan, dan, taan
- IPA (Xiamen): /tuã²⁴/, /tuã²²/, /tan²⁴/, /tan²²/, /tʰan²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tuã²⁴/, /tuã⁴¹/, /tan²⁴/, /tan⁴¹/, /tʰan²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tuã¹³/, /tuã²²/, /tan¹³/, /tan²²/, /tʰan¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tuã²⁴/, /tuã³³/, /tan²⁴/, /tan³³/, /tʰan²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tuã²³/, /tuã³³/, /tan²³/, /tan³³/, /tʰan²³/
Note:
- tôaⁿ, tōaⁿ - vernacular;
- tân, tān, thân - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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彈
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Reading #
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1/3
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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dàn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ danH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁar-s/
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English
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pellet
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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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彈
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Reading #
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2/2
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No.
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2013
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Phonetic component
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單
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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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憚
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Old Chinese
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/*daːns/
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Definitions
彈
- shot; pellet
- slingshot
- † Alternative form of 蛋 (dàn, “egg”)
- bullet; shot
- 子彈/子弹 ― zǐdàn ― bullet
- bomb; shell
Compounds
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji
彈
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 弾)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
彈 • (tan) (hangeul 탄, McCune–Reischauer t'an, Yale than)
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Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
彈: Hán Nôm readings: đạn, đàn, đằn, đan, đận, rờn
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