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Translingual
Stroke order
Han character
旦 (Kangxi radical 72, 日 +1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 日一 (AM ), four-corner 60100 , composition ⿱日 一 )
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 489 , character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13734
Dae Jaweon: page 850, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1483, character 1
Unihan data for U+65E6
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
皽
*tjaʀ, *tanʔ, *tjanʔ
担
*taːnʔ
胆
*daːn, *daːn
疸
*taːnʔ, *taːns
觛
*taːnʔ, *taːns, *daːnʔ
亶
*taːnʔ
嬗
*taːnʔ, *tʰaːn, *djans
笪
*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
狚
*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
旦
*taːns
鴠
*taːns
譠
*tʰaːn, *rteːn
坦
*tʰaːnʔ
但
*daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns
檀
*daːn
壇
*daːn
儃
*daːn, *djan
驙
*daːn, *tan
袒
*daːnʔ, *rdeːns
襢
*daːnʔ, *tanʔ, *tans
繵
*daːnʔ
膻
*daːnʔ
澶
*daːns, *djan
邅
*tan, *danʔ, *dans
鱣
*tan
饘
*tjan, *tjanʔ
旜
*tjan
氈
*tjan
鸇
*tjan
顫
*tjans
蟺
*djanʔ
擅
*djans
羶
*hljan
呾
*taːd, *ʔraːd
怛
*taːd
妲
*taːd
靼
*taːd, *tjad
炟
*taːd
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意 ) : 日 + 丁 , in which 丁 indicates the pronunciation.
According to Shuowen Jiezi, the sun (日 ) appearing over the horizon (一 ). However, this version is not the original one and this interpretation belongs to folk etymology. This simplification is the same that appears in 正 .
Unrelated to the top component of 得 .
Etymology 1
Cognate with Chepang दारःदो ( darʔ.do , “ place of sunrise; in east ” ) (Schuessler, 2007 ). Unrelated to 丹 (OC *taːn , “cinnabar; red”).
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
旦
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
dàn
Middle Chinese
‹ tanH ›
Old Chinese
/*tˁan-s/
English
dawn
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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
旦
Reading #
1/1
No.
2051
Phonetic component
旦
Rime group
元
Rime subdivision
1
Corresponding MC rime
旦
Old Chinese
/*taːns/
Definitions
旦
( literary ) early morning ; dawn
通宵達旦 / 通宵达旦 ― tōngxiāodádàn ― all the night until dawn
( literary ) day
旦 旦 ― dàn dàn ― every day
first day of a lunar month
Compounds
Etymology 2
A post-classical word. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Pronunciation
Definitions
旦
( Chinese opera ) female character , particularly a lead role , in a traditional Chinese opera
( Chinese opera ) actor or actress known for playing such characters
生 (shēng , “male role”)
淨 / 净 (jìng , “painted-face role”)
丑 (chǒu , “clown role”)
Compounds
Etymology 3
A sign reading 鸡旦炒饭 (" egg fried rice"), which uses 旦 instead of 蛋
For pronunciation and definitions of 旦 – see 蛋 (“egg ; egg -shaped object; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 蛋 ).Notes:
Usage notes
May still be used as a shorthand.
Japanese
Kanji
旦
(Jōyō kanji )
morning
dawn
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 旦 (MC tanH ). Recorded as Middle Korean 단〯 ( tǎn ) (Yale : tan ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회 ), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
旦 (eumhun 아침 단 ( achim dan ) )
hanja form? of 단 ( “ early morning ; dawn ” )
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
旦 : Hán Nôm readings: đán , đắn , đến
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