胆

See also: 膽

Translingual

Japanese	胆
Simplified	胆
Traditional	膽

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𫅝

References

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

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Chinese

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 *daːn, *daːn) : semantic ⺼ (“body part”) + phonetic 旦 (OC *taːns).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 胆 – see 膽 (“gallbladder; guts; courage; bravery; strength; nerve; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 膽).

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

Shinjitai	胆
Kyūjitai	膽

Kanji

胆

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 膽)

1. gall bladder
2. courage

Readings

• Go-on: 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(たん)石(せき) (tanseki)
• 大(だい)胆(たん) (daitan)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
胆
い Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
膽 (kyūjitai)

Noun

胆(い) • (i) 

1. gallbladder; liver

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Korean

Hanja

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

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