膻

See also: 羶

Translingual

Han character

膻 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月卜田一 (BYWM), four-corner 7021₆, composition ⿰⺼亶)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 995, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29929
• Dae Jaweon: page 1446, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2117, character 9
• Unihan data for U+81BB

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Chinese

trad.		膻
simp. #		膻

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 膻
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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 *daːnʔ) : semantic 肉 + phonetic 亶 (OC *taːnʔ)

Pronunciation 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 膻 – see 羶 (“rank odor”). (This character is a variant form of 羶).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàn (dan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan⁶

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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: daan⁶
    • Yale: daahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: danX

Rime
Character	膻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒旱切
Baxter	danX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑnX/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑnX/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/danX/
Li Rong	/dɑnX/
Wang Li	/dɑnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daan6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.tan/

  (Zhengzhang): /*daːnʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	膻
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shān
Middle Chinese	‹ syen ›
Old Chinese	/*s.tan/
English	smell of sheep
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	膻
Reading #	1/1
No.	2071
Phonetic component	旦
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	但
Old Chinese	/*daːnʔ/
Notes	通作袒

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 膻

1. Only used in 膻中 (“centre of chest”).

References

• “膻”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

膻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. liver

Readings

• On (unclassified): たん (tan)
• Kun: きも (kimo)

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Korean

Hanja

膻 • (dan, jeon) (hangeul 단, 전, revised dan, jeon, McCune–Reischauer tan, chŏn)

1. strip
2. rank odor (of sheep or goats)