誕

See also: 诞

誕 U+8A95, 誕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A95 ← 誔 [U+8A94] CJK Unified Ideographs 誖 → [U+8A96]

Translingual

Han character

誕 (radical 149, 言+7 in Chinese, 言+8 in Japanese, 14 strokes in Chinese, 15 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 卜口弓大一 (YRNKM), four-corner 0264₁, composition ⿰言延)

Descendants

• 诞

References

• KangXi: page 1162, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35692
• Dae Jaweon: page 1627, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3965, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8A95

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Chinese

trad.		誕
simp.		诞
alternative forms		𧩙／䜥

Glyph origin

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'aːnʔ): semantic 言 (“word, speech”) + phonetic 延 (OC *lan, *lans).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàn (dan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan³, daan⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tan
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tāⁿ / tàn / tǎn / tān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ
    • Wade–Giles: tan4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dann
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan³, daan⁶
    • Yale: daan, daahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan³, daan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan³, dan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /täːn³³/, /täːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tan
    • Hakka Romanization System: dan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tan⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dva
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tã²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàn
    • Tâi-lô: tàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daxn
    • IPA (Taipei): /tan¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /tan²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǎn
    • Tâi-lô: tǎn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tan²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tān
    • Tâi-lô: tān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dan
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tan²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tan³³/

Note:

• tāⁿ - vernacular;
• tàn - vernacular (俗);
• tǎn/tān - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: dang³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tàng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /dɑn^X/

Rime
Character	誕
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
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'aːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	誕
Reading #	1/1
No.	14243
Phonetic component	延
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	但
Old Chinese	/*l'aːnʔ/

Definitions

誕

1. to be born
2. birth; birthday
3. to bear children; to give birth to

   • 誕彌厥月，先生如達。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     诞弥厥月，先生如达。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Dàn mí jué yuè, xiānshēng rú dá. [Pinyin]

     When she had fulfilled her months,
     Her first-born son [came forth] like a lamb.

4. absurd; ludicrous

Compounds

• 佛誕日／佛诞日
• 佛誕節／佛诞节
• 冥誕／冥诞 (míngdàn)
• 壽誕／寿诞 (shòudàn)
• 夸誕／夸诞
• 妄誕／妄诞 (wàngdàn)
• 媽祖誕辰／妈祖诞辰
• 怪誕／怪诞 (guàidàn)
• 怪誕不經／怪诞不经
• 怪誕劇／怪诞剧
• 恢誕／恢诞
• 放誕／放诞 (fàngdàn)
• 放誕不羈／放诞不羁 (fàngdànbùjī)
• 放誕詭僻／放诞诡僻
• 放誕風流／放诞风流
• 散誕／散诞
• 欺誕／欺诞
• 漫誕不稽／漫诞不稽
• 狂誕／狂诞

• 矯誕／矫诞
• 縱誕／纵诞
• 耶誕卡／耶诞卡
• 耶誕夜／耶诞夜 (yēdànyè)
• 耶誕樹／耶诞树
• 耶誕節／耶诞节 (Yēdànjié)
• 耶誕老人／耶诞老人 (Yēdàn Lǎorén)
• 聖誕／圣诞 (shèngdàn)
• 聖誕卡／圣诞卡 (shèngdànkǎ)
• 聖誕夜／圣诞夜 (Shèngdànyè)
• 聖誕樹／圣诞树 (shèngdànshù)
• 聖誕百合／圣诞百合
• 聖誕節／圣诞节 (Shèngdànjié)
• 聖誕紅／圣诞红 (shèngdànhóng)
• 聖誕老人／圣诞老人 (Shèngdàn Lǎorén)
• 荒誕／荒诞 (huāngdàn)
• 荒誕不經／荒诞不经 (huāngdànbùjīng)
• 荒誕無稽／荒诞无稽
• 華誕／华诞

• 虛誕／虚诞 (xūdàn)
• 觀音誕／观音诞
• 詭誕／诡诞
• 詭譎怪誕／诡谲怪诞
• 誇誕／夸诞
• 誑誕／诳诞
• 誕妄／诞妄
• 誕放／诞放
• 誕生／诞生 (dànshēng)
• 誕登道岸／诞登道岸
• 誕章／诞章
• 誕罔不經／诞罔不经
• 誕聖／诞圣
• 誕謾／诞谩
• 誕辰／诞辰 (dànchén)
• 迂誕／迂诞
• 閎誕／闳诞
• 陶誕／陶诞

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Japanese

Kanji

誕

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. absurd, brag
2. be born

Readings

• Go-on: だん (dan)
• Kan-on: たん (tan, Jōyō)
• Kun: いつわる (itsuwaru, 誕る)^{←いつはる (itufaru, historical)}

Compounds

Compounds

• 生(せい)誕(たん) (seitan)
• 誕(たん)生(じょう) (tanjō)
• 誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び) (tanjōbi)
• 虚(きょ)誕(たん) (kyotan)
• 荒(こう)誕(たん) (kōtan)
• 降(こう)誕(たん) (kōtan)
• 御(ご)降(こう)誕(たん) (go-kōtan), ご降(こう)誕(たん) (go-kōtan)
• 再(さい)誕(たん) (saitan)
• 聖(せい)誕(たん)祭(さい) (seitansai)

• 初(はつ)誕(たん)生(じょう) (hatsutanjō)
• 妄(もう)誕(たん) (mōtan), 妄(ぼう)誕(たん) (bōtan): groundlessness, additionally, groundless talk
• 誕(たん)生(じょう)祝(いわ)い (tanjōiwai)
• 誕(たん)生(じょう)石(せき) (tanjōseki)
• 天(てん)皇(のう)誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び) (tennōtanjōbi)
• 御(お)誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び)おめでとうございます (o-tanjōbi omedetō gozaimasu), お誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び)おめでとうございます (o-tanjōbi omedetō gozaimasu)
• 誕(たん)辰(しん) (tanshin)
• 生(せい)誕(たん)百(ひゃく)年(ねん) (seitan-hyakunen)

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Korean

Hanja

誕 • (tan) (hangeul 탄, revised tan, McCune–Reischauer t'an, Yale than)

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Vietnamese

Etymology

言 (“ngôn”) + 延 (“diên”).

Han character

誕 (đản)

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