胆

胆 U+80C6, 胆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80C6 ← 胅 [U+80C5] CJK Unified Ideographs 胇 → [U+80C7]

See also: 膽

Translingual

Etymology

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

⺼ (flesh, meat; provides the meaning of the character) + 旦 (phonetic)

Han character

胆 (radical 130 肉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月日一 (BAM), composition ⿰⺼旦)

1. gall bladder
2. bravery, courage, nerve, guts, gall

References

• KangXi: page 977, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29354
• Dae Jaweon: page 1429, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2059, character 4
• Unihan data for U+80C6

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 胆 – see 膽. (This character, 胆, is the simplified form of 膽.)

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

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Japanese

Kanji

胆

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 膽)

1. gall bladder
2. courage

Readings

• Goon: たん (tan, Jōyō)
• Kan’on: たん (tan, Jōyō)
• Kun: きも (kimo, 胆)

Compounds

• 胆汁 (たんじゅう) (tanjū): yellow bile, bile
• 胆石 (たんせき) (tanseki)
• 大胆 (だいたん) (daitan)

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Korean

Hanja

胆 • (dam) (hangeul 담, revised dam, McCune-Reischauer tam, Yale tam)

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