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U+86CB, 蛋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86CB

[U+86CA]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+86CC]

Translingual

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Stroke order
11 strokes

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 142, +5, 11 strokes, Cangjie input 弓人中一戈 (NOLMI), four-corner 17136, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1081, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32977
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1549, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2845, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+86CB

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'aːns): phonetic (OC *lan, *lans) + semantic (snake, insect) – "egg", with particular reference to snake eggs.

The non-contracted form is . In the current version, is abbreviated to .

This character was coined at a late stage in Chinese, since it is unattested on oracle bones, bronzes, Shuowen Jiezi and Guangyun.

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.
2nd round simp.
alternative forms

𱉗
informal (especially Cantonese)

From (MC danH, “pellet”) (Zhengzhang, 2003).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • tàn - vernacular;
  • tān - literary.
Note:
  • dan5 - vernacular;
  • dan4 - literary.

Definitions

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  1. egg (Classifier: m;  m;  m;  c h)
      ―  dàn  ―  chicken egg
      ―  dàn  ―  eggshell
  2. egg-shaped object
      ―  tiàodàn  ―  love egg
  3. (slang) ball; testicle
  4. suffix denoting “person of certain characteristics”, usually with a pejorative tone
      ―  shǎdàn  ―  goofball
      ―  bèndàn  ―  fool
  5. zero score; goose egg
      ―  língdàn  ―  score of zero
  6. alternative form of (dàn)
Usage notes
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A sign reading 鸡旦炒饭 ("[chicken] egg fried rice"), which uses instead of

Occasionally spelled with the character instead, especially in the menus of cha chaan tengs, as it is faster to write).

Synonyms
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Compounds

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Etymology 2

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Southern Min) unlaid egg of a fowl

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. (uncommon) an egg

Readings

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  • Go-on: だん (dan)
  • Kan-on: たん (tan)
  • Kun: たまご (tamago, )

Compounds

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Usage notes

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Seldom used in Japanese. Not used in isolation.

The egg sense and tamago reading is more commonly spelled either 玉子 or .

Korean

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Hanja

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(dan) (hangeul )

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: đản

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