簞

See also: 箪

簞 U+7C1E, 簞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C1E ← 簝 [U+7C1D] CJK Unified Ideographs 簟 → [U+7C1F]

Translingual

Traditional	簞
Shinjitai (extended)	箪
Simplified	箪

Han character

簞 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹口口十 (HRRJ), four-corner 8850₆, composition ⿱𥫗單)

1. bamboo utensil for holding cooked rice

Derived characters

• 𢹺

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 899, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26509
• Dae Jaweon: page 1324, character 41
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3015, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7C1E

Chinese

trad.		簞
simp.		箪

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 簞
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (單) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
嚲	*taːlʔ
癉	*taːlʔ, *taːls, *taːn, *daːn
奲	*taːlʔ, *tʰjaːlʔ
驒	*daːl, *daːn, *teːn
鼉	*daːl
磾	*teːl
鷤	*deːl, *deːls, *daːn
觶	*tjal, *tjals
單	*taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans
鄲	*taːn
殫	*taːn
簞	*taːn
匰	*taːn
襌	*taːn
彈	*daːn, *daːns
貚	*daːn, *deːn
撣	*daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan, *taːnʔ
潬	*daːnʔ
僤	*daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan
憚	*daːns
樿	*tjanʔ
燀	*tjanʔ, *tʰjan, *tʰjanʔ
戰	*tjans
闡	*tʰjanʔ
繟	*tʰjanʔ
幝	*tʰjanʔ
嘽	*tʰaːn, *tʰjanʔ
灛	*tʰjanʔ
蟬	*djan
禪	*djan, *djans
嬋	*djan
墠	*djanʔ
鱓	*djanʔ
蕇	*teːnʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dān (dan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dan
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹
    • Yale: dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dan
    • Palladius: дань (danʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan¹
    • Yale: dāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tan

Rime
Character	簞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	都寒切
Baxter	tan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/tɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/tɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tan/
Li Rong	/tɑn/
Wang Li	/tɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/tɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*taːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	簞
Reading #	1/1
No.	1998
Phonetic component	單
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	單
Old Chinese	/*taːn/

Definitions

簞

1. a bamboo utensil for holding cooked rice; a basket

   • 民以為將拯己於水火之中也，簞食壺漿，以迎王師。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     民以为将拯己于水火之中也，箪食壶浆，以迎王师。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: w:Mencius (book) (孟子) (tr. James Legge)

     Mín yǐwèi jiāng zhěng jǐ yú shuǐhuǒ zhī zhōng yě, dān sì hú jiāng, yǐ yíng wángshī. [Pinyin]

     The people supposed that you were going to deliver them out of the water and the fire, and brought baskets of rice and vessels of congee, to meet your Majesty's host.

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	箪
Kyūjitai	簞

Kanji

簞

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 箪)

1. small bamboo basket for holding

Readings

• Go-on: たん (tan)
• Kan-on: たん (tan)
• Kun: はこ (hako, 簞)

Compounds

• 簞(たん)食(し) (tanshi)
• 簞(たん)笥(し) (tanshi)
• 簞(たん)笥(す) (tansu)
• 簞(たん)瓢(ぴょう) (tanpyō)
• 瓢(ひょう)簞(たん) (hyōtan)

 

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 簞 (MC tan).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ta̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [단]

Hanja

Wikisource

簞 (eumhun 대광주리 단 (daegwangjuri dan))

1. a bamboo basket

Compounds

• 단사 (簞笥, dansa)
• 단사 (簞食, dansa)
• 단표 (簞瓢, danpyo)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]