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U+4EB6, 亶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EB6

[U+4EB5]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4EB7]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 8, +11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜田口一 (YWRM), four-corner 00106, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 89, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 328
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 291, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+4EB6

Chinese

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simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts


References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *taːnʔ) : semantic + phonetic (OC *taːns), originally a ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (granary) + (insect) (Li Xueqin, 2012).

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (5)
Final () (61)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter tanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tɑnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/tɑnX/
Shao
Rongfen
/tɑnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tanX/
Li
Rong
/tɑnX/
Wang
Li
/tɑnX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tɑnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
daan2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
dǎn
Middle
Chinese
‹ tanX ›
Old
Chinese
/*tˁanʔ/
English sincere, truly

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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
Reading # 1/1
No. 2047
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*taːnʔ/

Definitions

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  1. (literary) sincere, truthful
  2. (literary) Alternative form of (dàn, just; but)
  3. (of grains) plenty
  4. thick; thicken; alternative form of
  5. big
  6. Alternative form of 𤺺 (to fall ill)
  7. Alternative form of (bare)
  8. Alternative form of (dān, to exhaust)
  9. a surname

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. Alternative form of (zhān)

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. Alternative form of 𦒜 (xiān, to fly)

References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • Go-on: たん (tan)ぜん (zen)
  • Kan-on: たん (tan)せん (sen)
  • Kun: あつい (atsui)まこと (makoto)

Korean

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Hanja

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(dan, seon) (hangeul , , revised dan, seon, McCune–Reischauer tan, sŏn, Yale tan, sen)

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Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: đàn

References

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