蛋

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See also: 疍 and 卵
蛋 U+86CB, 蛋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86CB
← 蛊
[U+86CA] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蛌 →
[U+86CC]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
11 strokes

Han character[edit]

蛋 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓人中一戈 (NOLMI), four-corner 17136, composition ⿱疋虫)

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: 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[edit]

Wikipedia has articles on:
  • 蛋 (Wu)
  • 蛋 (Cantonese)
  • 蛋 (Written Standard Chinese?)

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (延) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
唌 *l'aːn
誕 *l'aːnʔ
蜑 *l'aːnʔ
蛋 *l'aːns
硟 *slan, *l̥ʰjans
涎 *ljan, *lans
脠 *l̥ʰan, *hljan
梴 *l̥ʰan
鋋 *ɦljan, *lan
埏 *hljan, *lan
挻 *hljan
鯅 *hljan
延 *lan, *lans
筵 *lan
蜒 *lan
狿 *lan, *lans
郔 *lan
綖 *lan
莚 *lan, *lans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l'aːns): phonetic 延 (OC *lan, *lans) + semantic 虫 (“snake, insect”). 延 is abbreviated to 疋.

Etymology 1[edit]

simp. and trad.
 蛋
2nd round simp. 旦
alternative forms 疍
蜑
鴠／𱉗
旦 informal (especially Cantonese)
蛋

From 彈 (MC dɑnH, “pellet”) (Zhengzhang, 2003).

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • tàn - vernacular;
  • tān - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 蛋
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 14245
    Phonetic
    component         		延
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		憚
    Old
    Chinese         		/*l'aːns/
    Notes 通作彈分化字，
    本蜑異構

    Definitions[edit]

    蛋

    1. egg (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 隻／只 c)
      雞蛋／鸡蛋  ―  jīdàn  ―  chicken egg
      蛋殼／蛋壳  ―  dànké  ―  eggshell
    2. egg-shaped object
      跳蛋  ―  tiàodàn  ―  love egg
    3. (slang) ball; testicle
    4. suffix denoting “person of certain characteristics”, usually with a pejorative tone
      傻蛋  ―  shǎdàn  ―  goofball
      笨蛋  ―  bèndàn  ―  fool
    5. Alternative form of 蜑 (dàn).
    Usage notes[edit]
    A sign reading 鸡旦炒饭 ("[chicken] egg fried rice"), which uses 旦 instead of 蛋

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

    Synonyms[edit]
    Dialectal synonyms of 蛋 (“egg (of a bird or reptile)”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 卵
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蛋, 卵
    Mandarin Beijing 蛋, 子兒
    Taiwan 蛋
    Jinan 蛋
    Wanrong 蛋
    Wuhan 蛋
    Chengdu 蛋
    Guiyang 蛋
    Guilin 蛋
    Xuzhou 蛋
    Yangzhou 蛋
    Hefei 蛋
    Malaysia 蛋
    Singapore 蛋
    Cantonese Guangzhou 蛋, 春
    Hong Kong 蛋, 春
    Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 春
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 春
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 春
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 春
    Macau 蛋, 春
    Guangzhou (Panyu) 春, 蛋
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 蛋
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 春
    Foshan 春, 蛋
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 春
    Foshan (Shunde) 春
    Foshan (Sanshui) 春
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 春
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 春
    Zhuhai (Qianshan) 春
    Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 春
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 蛋
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 蛋
    Jiangmen (Xinhui) 蛋
    Taishan 蛋
    Kaiping (Chikan) 蛋
    Enping (Niujiang) 蛋
    Heshan (Yayao) 蛋
    Dongguan 春
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 春
    Yangjiang 蛋, 春
    Nanning 蛋
    Wuzhou 蛋
    Yulin 蛋
    Hepu (Lianzhou) 蛋
    Beihai 蛋
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 蛋
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 蛋
    Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 蛋
    Sanya (Yanglan Maihua) 子
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 蛋
    Singapore (Guangfu) 蛋
    Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 蛋
    Móng Cái 蛋
    Gan Nanchang 蛋
    Hakka Meixian 卵, 春, 蛋
    Xingning 春
    Dabu (Xihe) 春
    Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 春
    Huiyang 春
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 春
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 春
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 春
    Wuhua (Shuizhai) 春
    Wuhua (Huacheng) 春
    Wuhua (Changbu) 春
    Wuhua (Mianyang) 春
    Heyuan (Bendihua) 春
    Wengyuan 春
    Liannan 春
    Conghua (Lütian) 春
    Jiexi 卵
    Luhe 卵
    Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 卵
    Changting 蛋
    Wuping 蛋
    Wuping (Yanqian) 蛋
    Liancheng 卵
    Ninghua 蛋
    Tonggu (Sandu) 蛋
    Ganzhou (Panlong) 蛋
    Dayu 蛋
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 卵, 春
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 卵, 春
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 卵, 春
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 卵, 春
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 卵, 春
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 卵
    Hong Kong 春, 蛋
    Yangxi (Tangkou) 春
    Yangchun (Sanjia) 春
    Xinyi (Sihe) 春
    Xinyi (Qianpai) 蛋
    Gaozhou (Xindong) 春
    Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 蛋
    Huazhou (Xin'an) 蛋
    Lianjiang (Shijiao) 蛋
    Lianjiang (Qingping) 蛋
    Mengshan (Xihe) 春
    Luchuan 蛋
    Sabah (Longchuan) 春
    Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 春
    Senai (Huiyang) 春
    Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 春
    Singkawang 春
    Jin Taiyuan 蛋
    Min Bei Jian'ou 卵
    Songxi 卵
    Zhenghe 卵
    Jianyang 卵
    Wuyishan 卵
    Min Dong Fuzhou 卵
    Changle 卵
    Lianjiang 卵
    Fuqing 卵
    Pingtan 卵
    Yongtai 卵
    Minqing 卵
    Gutian 卵
    Pingnan 卵
    Luoyuan 卵
    Fu'an 卵
    Ningde 卵
    Xiapu 卵
    Zherong 卵
    Shouning 卵
    Zhouning 卵
    Fuding 卵
    Matsu 卵
    Min Nan Xiamen 卵
    Xiamen (Tong'an) 卵
    Quanzhou 卵
    Jinjiang 卵
    Nan'an 卵
    Shishi 卵
    Hui'an 卵
    Anxi 卵
    Yongchun 卵
    Dehua 卵
    Zhangzhou 卵
    Zhangzhou (Longhai) 卵
    Zhangzhou (Changtai) 卵
    Hua'an 卵
    Nanjing 卵
    Pinghe 卵
    Zhangpu 卵
    Yunxiao 卵
    Zhao'an 卵
    Dongshan 卵
    Taipei 卵
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 卵
    Kaohsiung 卵
    Yilan 卵
    Changhua (Lukang) 卵
    Taichung 卵
    Taichung (Wuqi) 卵
    Tainan 卵
    Taitung 卵
    Hsinchu 卵
    Kinmen 卵
    Penghu (Magong) 卵
    Penang (Hokkien) 卵
    Singapore (Hokkien) 卵
    Manila (Hokkien) 卵
    Longyan 卵
    Zhangping 卵
    Datian 卵
    Chaozhou 卵
    Shantou 卵
    Shantou (Chenghai) 卵
    Jieyang 卵
    Haifeng 卵
    Bangkok (Teochew) 卵
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 卵
    Singapore (Teochew) 卵
    Leizhou 卵
    Wenchang 卵
    Haikou 卵
    Singapore (Hainanese) 卵
    Puxian Min Putian 卵
    Xianyou 卵
    Min Zhong Yong'an 卵
    Sanyuan 卵
    Shaxian 卵
    Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 春
    Wu Shanghai (Chongming) 蛋
    Suzhou 蛋
    Danyang 蛋
    Ningbo 蛋
    Wenzhou 卵
    Jinhua 卵
    Xiang Changsha 蛋
    Shuangfeng 蛋
    Dialectal synonyms of 睪丸 (“testicle”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 外腎, 腎
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 睪丸, 精巢
    Mandarin Beijing 卵子兒, 卵包子, 小蛋兒
    Taiwan 蛋蛋
    Harbin 卵子兒
    Jinan 球蛋
    Luoyang 蛋子兒, 蛋
    Wanrong 子
    Xi'an 蛋子兒
    Yinchuan 卵子
    Lanzhou 脬子兒, 腎
    Ürümqi 脬卵子, 卵子
    Wuhan 卵子, 卵蛋, 卵坨
    Chengdu 卵, 卵蛋, 蛋蛋, 卵子, 敲敲兒
    Guiyang 卵蛋
    Liuzhou 卵考子, 考子
    Yangzhou 卵蛋, 卵子子
    Nanjing 卵子
    Singapore 球
    Cantonese Guangzhou 春子
    Hong Kong 春, 春子, 春核, 波子
    Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 核
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 核春
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 核仁
    Kaiping (Chikan) 春牯
    Dongguan 春核
    Hepu (Lianzhou) 卵子
    Hepu (Shatian) 卵脬仁
    Guiping 核子
    Guiping (Mule) 𨳍卵
    Pingnan 核卵
    Guigang (Gangcheng) 核仔
    Guigang (Pingdong) 核仁
    Beihai 卵仁
    Beihai (Nankang) 卵仁
    Beihai (Yingpan) 卵仁
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 卵仁
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 卵核
    Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 卵核
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 春仔
    Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 卵
    Móng Cái 卵核
    Gan Lichuan 順子
    Pingxiang 卵坨子
    Hakka Meixian 核卵
    Xingning 核卵
    Dabu (Xihe) 核卵仁
    Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 核卵
    Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 核卵
    Wuhua (Shuizhai) 核卵
    Wuhua (Huacheng) 核卵
    Wuhua (Changbu) 核卵
    Wuhua (Mianyang) 核卵
    Jiexi 核卵
    Changting 卵子
    Yongding 核卵
    Yongding (Xiayang) 核卵仁
    Yongding (Gaobei) 核卵
    Yongding (Hukeng) 核卵
    Wuping (Zhongshan) 核卵
    Liancheng (Peitian) 卵子
    Liancheng (Juxi) 核卵
    Liancheng (Zhongbao) 核卵
    Liancheng (Laiyuan) 核卵
    Yudu 卵子
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 核卵
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 核卵
    Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 核卵
    Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 核卵仁
    Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 核卵仔
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 核卵
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 核卵
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 核卵
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 核卵
    Hong Kong 核卵
    Sabah (Longchuan) 核卵
    Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 核卵仁
    Senai (Huiyang) 核
    Singkawang 核卵
    Bangkok (Meixian) 核卵
    Bangkok (Fengshun) 核卵
    Huizhou Jixi 卵子
    Jin Pingyao 堆兒, 蛋
    Xinzhou 蛋籽子
    Min Dong Fuzhou 𡳞核子, 𡳞核
    Changle 𡳞核子
    Fuqing 𡳞核子
    Yongtai 𡳞脬子
    Gutian 𡳞核子
    Fu'an 𡳞脬子
    Ningde 𡳞脬子
    Shouning 𡳞脬子
    Zhouning 尿脬子
    Fuding 卵脬子
    Min Nan Xiamen 𡳞核, 腎子
    Quanzhou 𡳞核, 腎子
    Jinjiang 𡳞核
    Yongchun 𡳞核, 𡳞核子
    Zhangzhou 𡳞核, 腎子
    Zhao'an 𡳞核
    Taipei 𡳞核
    Taipei (Wanhua) 𡳞脬核仔
    New Taipei (Tamsui) 𡳞核
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 𡳞核
    New Taipei (Pingxi) 𡳞核
    Kaohsiung 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
    Kaohsiung (Cijin) 𡳞核仔, 𡳞核
    Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 𡳞核
    Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 𡳞核
    Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 𡳞核
    Yilan 𡳞核
    Yilan (Toucheng) 𡳞核仔
    Changhua (Lukang) 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
    Taichung 𡳞核仔
    Taichung (Wuqi) 𡳞核
    Tainan 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔, 腎子
    Tainan (Anping) 𡳞核
    Taitung 𡳞核仔
    Hsinchu 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
    Kinmen 𡳞核
    Penghu (Magong) 𡳞核
    Penghu (Xiyu) 𡳞核
    Penang (Hokkien) 𡳞核, 核, 𡳞脬子
    Singapore (Hokkien) 𡳞核, 腎子, 𡳞脬子
    Manila (Hokkien) 𡳞核
    Chaozhou 核
    Shantou 𡳞核
    Shantou (Chenghai) 𡳞核
    Nan'ao (Houzhai) 𡳞核
    Nan'ao (Yun'ao) 𡳞核
    Jieyang 𡳞核, 𡳞仁
    Haifeng 𡳞脬核
    Bangkok (Teochew) 𡳞核
    Leizhou 𡳞脬子, 𡳞脬核, 核子
    Wenchang 𡳞仁
    Haikou 𡳞脬仁
    Puxian Min Putian (Donghai) 𡳞核
    Min Zhong Sanyuan 石核
    Shaxian 尿脬核
    Shaojiang Min Mingxi 腎肚子
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 卵子
    Wu Shanghai 卵子
    Suzhou 卵子
    Danyang 卵脬黃, 卵子黃
    Hangzhou 卵子
    Ningbo 卵黃, 卵袋黃
    Wenzhou 卵子, 卵袋子, 陰袋子
    Jinhua 老核子
    Xiang Loudi 考子, 卵子

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 蛋

    Etymology 2[edit]

    simp. and trad.
    		 蛋
    alternative forms 單／单
    端

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

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Definitions[edit]

    蛋

    1. (Min Nan) unlaid egg of a fowl

    Compounds[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    蛋

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. an egg

    Readings[edit]

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

    Compounds[edit]

    Compounds

    Usage notes[edit]

    Seldom used in Japanese. Not used in isolation.

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

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    蛋 • (dan) (hangeul 단)

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    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    蛋: Hán Nôm readings: đản

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