擔

See also: 担

Translingual

Japanese	担
Simplified	担
Traditional	擔

Han character

擔 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手弓金口 (QNCR), four-corner 5706₁, composition ⿰扌詹)

Descendants

• 担

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 459, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12828
• Dae Jaweon: page 807, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1971, character 3
• Unihan data for U+64D4

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Chinese

trad.		擔
simp.		担*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
甔	*toːm, *taːm, *taːms
擔	*taːm, *taːms
儋	*ʔl'aːm
聸	*taːm
膽	*taːmʔ
黵	*taːmʔ, *tjamʔ
澹	*daːm, *daːmʔ, *daːms
憺	*daːmʔ, *daːms
瞻	*tjam
詹	*tjam
蟾	*tjam, *djam
噡	*tjam
譫	*tjam, *daːb, *tjaːb
幨	*tʰjam, *tʰjams
襜	*tʰjam, *tʰjams
韂	*tʰjams
贍	*djams
檐	*lam
簷	*lam
舚	*tʰeːm, *tʰeːms

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *taːm, *taːms) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 詹 (OC *tjam) – to carry by hand.

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 擔

1. to carry on a shoulder pole
2. to bear; to shoulder; to undertake

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 擔

1. carrying pole with loads on both ends
2. burden; load; responsibilities
3. dan; a unit of weight equal to 50 kilograms
4. Classifier for things carried on a shoulder pole: load

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	担
Kyūjitai	擔

Kanji

擔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 担)

1. A traditional unit of measurement equivalent to 60kg or approximately 132.3lb
2. shouldering
3. carry
4. raise
5. bear

Readings

• Go-on: たん (tan)
• Kan-on: たん (tan)
• On: けつ (ketsu); せん (sen)
• Kun: になう (ninau, 擔う); かつぐ (katsugu, 擔ぐ)

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Korean

Hanja

擔 (eum 담 (dam))

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Vietnamese

Han character

擔: Hán Nôm readings: đâm, đảm, tạ

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