誕

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See also: 诞
誕 U+8A95, 誕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A95
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Translingual

Han character

誕 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+7 in Chinese, 言+8 in Japanese, 14 strokes in Chinese, 15 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 卜口弓大一 (YRNKM), four-corner 02641, composition ⿰訁延)

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1162, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35692
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1627, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3965, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+8A95

Chinese

trad. 誕
simp. 诞
2nd round simp. ⿰讠旦
alternative forms 𧩙／䜥
訑／𫍙
唌
𧥡

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'aːnʔ) : semantic 言 (“word, speech”) + phonetic 延 (OC *lan, *lans).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • tāⁿ - vernacular;
  • tàn - vernacular (俗);
  • tǎn/tān - literary.
Rime
Character 誕
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 寒 (61)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徒旱切
Baxter danX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/dɑnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/dɑnX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dɑnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/danX/
Li
Rong 		/dɑnX/
Wang
Li 		/dɑnX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/dʱɑnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		daan6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 誕
Reading # 1/1
No. 14243
Phonetic
component 		延
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		但
Old
Chinese 		/*l'aːnʔ/

Definitions

誕

  1. to be born
  2. birth; birthday
  3. to bear children; to give birth to
  4. absurd; ludicrous

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai 誕
Kyūjitai
[1]
誕󠄂
誕+󠄂?
(Adobe-Japan1)
誕󠄄
誕+󠄄?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

誕

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. absurd, brag
  2. be born

Readings

Compounds

Compounds

References

  1. ^ “誕”, in 漢字ぺディア‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

誕 (eum 탄 (tan))

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Vietnamese

Han character

誕: Hán Nôm readings: đản

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