胆

See also: 膽

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

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

Shinjitai	胆
Kyūjitai	膽

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 (たん)汁 (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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