旦

See also: 𣄼 and 且

Translingual

Han character

旦 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 日一 (AM), four-corner 6010₀, composition ⿱日一)

Derived characters

• 但 担 坦 怛 胆 疸 鉭/钽 怛 疍

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 489, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13734
• Dae Jaweon: page 850, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1483, character 1
• Unihan data for U+65E6

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		旦

Glyph origin

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

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 日 + 一 – the sun (日) appearing over the horizon (一).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàn (dan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan^3-2 / daan³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tòaⁿ / tàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dang³ / duan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàn
    • Wade–Giles: tan⁴
    • Yale: dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dann
    • Palladius: дань (danʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daan^3-2 / daan³
    • Yale: dáan / daan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan^3-2 / daan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan^3-2 / dan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn³³⁻³⁵/, /taːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòaⁿ / tàn
    • Tâi-lô: tuànn / tàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvoax, daxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tuã²¹/, /tan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tuã⁴¹/, /tan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tuã²¹/, /tan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tuã¹¹/, /tan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tuã²¹/, /tan²¹/

Note:

• tòaⁿ - vernacular;
• tàn - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: dang³ / duan³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tàng / tuàⁿ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ²¹³/, /tũã²¹³/

Note: duan3 - “female character”.

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• Middle Chinese: tanH

Rime
Character	旦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	得按切
Baxter	tanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/tɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/tɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tanH/
Li Rong	/tɑnH/
Wang Li	/tɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daan3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤan-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*taːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	旦
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dàn
Middle Chinese	‹ tanH ›
Old Chinese	/*tˁan-s/
English	dawn
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	旦
Reading #	1/1
No.	2051
Phonetic component	旦
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	旦
Old Chinese	/*taːns/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 旦

1. early morning; dawn
2. (Chinese opera) female character, particularly a lead role, in a traditional Chinese opera See also: 旦角
3. (Chinese opera) actor or actress known for playing such characters

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 旦 – see 蛋 (“egg; egg-shaped object; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 蛋).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

旦

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. morning
2. dawn

Readings

• Go-on: たん (tan, Jōyō); だん (dan, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: たん (tan, Jōyō)
• Kun: あした (ashita, 旦)
• Nanori: あき (aki); あきら (akira); あけ (ake); あさ (asa); ただし (tadashi)

Compounds

Compounds

• 旦(たん)夕(せき) (tanseki): sooner or later; imminent
• 元(がん)旦(たん) (gantan): New Year's Day

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Korean

Hanja

旦 • (dan) (hangeul 단, revised dan, McCune–Reischauer tan, Yale tan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 旦 (đán, đắn, đến)

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