坦

Translingual

Han character

坦 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土日一 (GAM), four-corner 4611₀, composition ⿰土旦)

Derived characters

• 𢯟, 𥂯

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 226, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4971
• Dae Jaweon: page 461, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 431, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5766

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		坦
alternative forms		憻

Glyph origin

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

	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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰaːnʔ) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 旦 (OC *taːns)

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 坦

1. flat; level; wide

   平坦  ―  píngtǎn  ―  level

2. ^⁜ calm; open-hearted; at ease

   坦然  ―  tǎnrán  ―  calm

   • 子曰：「君子坦蕩蕩，小人長戚戚。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐ yuē: “Jūnzǐ tǎn dàngdàng, xiǎorén cháng qīqī.” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. honest; frank

   坦白  ―  tǎnbái  ―  honest; candid

   Template:zh-syn

4. ^† to reveal; to expose

   • 坦腹江亭暖，長吟野望時。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     坦腹江亭暖，长吟野望时。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: (deprecated template usage) 杜甫 (Du Fu) (deprecated template usage) 《江亭》

     Tǎn fù jiāng tíng nuǎn, cháng yín yě wàng shí. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

5. Used in the transliteration of foreign words.

   坦克  ―  tǎnkè  ―  tank (armored fighting vehicle)

   坦尚尼亞／坦尚尼亚  ―  Tǎnshàngníyà  ―  Tanzania

   巴基斯坦  ―  Bājīsītǎn  ―  Pakistan

6. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

坦

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. flat; level; even

Readings

• Go-on: たん (tan)
• Kan-on: たん (tan)
• Kun: たいら (taira, 坦ら)

Compounds

Compounds

• 坦懐(たんかい) (tankai)
• 坦坦(たんたん), 坦々(たんたん) (tantan)

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 坦 (MC thanX).

Hanja

Wikisource

坦 (eumhun 평평할 탄 (pyeongpyeonghal tan))

1. Hanja form^? of 탄 (“flat; level; even”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 탄도 (坦道, tando)
• 탄회 (坦懷, tanhoe)
• 순탄 (順坦, suntan)
• 평탄 (平坦, pyeongtan)

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]

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Vietnamese

Han character

坦: Hán Việt readings: thản (儻(thảng)旱(hạn)切(thiết)), thán
坦: Nôm readings: đứt, đất, đắt, thản, đác, đởn, thán, đắn, đật, ngẩn, thưỡn

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 坦 (MC thanX).

Affix

坦 (thản)

1. chữ Hán form of thản (“flat; level; wide”).
2. chữ Hán form of thản (“calm; pleasant”).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 坦然 (thản nhiên)
• 平坦 (bình thản)

Etymology 2

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 旦 (đán)

Noun

坦 • (đất)

1. Nôm form of đất (“earth; soil; dirt”).
2. Nôm form of đất (“land”).

Alternative forms

• 𡐙 (đất), 待 (đất)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 坦墆 (đất đai)
• 動坦 (động đất)
• 𣛤坦 (Trái Đất)

Etymology 3

Verb

坦 • (đứt)

1. Nôm form of đứt (“to break off; to be cut off”).