胆

See also 膽

Translingual

Etymology

⺼ (flesh, meat; provides the meaning of the character) + 旦 (phonetic)

Han character

胆 (radical 130 肉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月日一 (BAM))

1. gall bladder
2. bravery; courage; nerve; guts; gall

References

• KangXi: page 977, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29354
• Dae Jaweon: page 1429, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2059, character 4
• Unihan data for U+80C6

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Cantonese

Hanzi

胆 (traditional 膽, Yale daam2)

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Japanese

Kanji

胆 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: たん (tan), だん (dan)
• Kun: きも (kimo)

Compounds

• 胆汁 (たんじゅう, tanjū): yellow bile, bile

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Korean

Hanja

胆 (hangeul 단, revised dan, McCune-Reischauer tan, Yale tan)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

胆 (traditional 膽, pinyin dǎn (dan3), Wade-Giles tan³)