誕

See also: 诞

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l'aːnʔ): semantic 言 ‎(“word, speech”) + phonetic 延 ‎(OC *lan, *lans)

Han character

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

1. to bear children, give birth
2. birth

Descendants

• 诞

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		誕
simp.		诞

Alternative forms

• 𧩙／䜥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàn (dan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: tan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dann
    • IPA ^(key): /ta̠n⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan³
    • Yale: daan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan³
    • IPA ^(key): /tɑːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tan
    • Hakka Romanization System: dan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dan⁴
    • IPA: /tan⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàn
    • Tâi-lô: tàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daxn
    • IPA (Taipei): /tan¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan²¹/

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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. birthday
2. to be born
3. to give birth to

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Japanese

Kanji

誕

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: だん (dan)
• Kan’on: たん (tan)
• Kun: いつわる (itsuwaru)

Compounds

Compounds

生誕 (せいたん) ‎(seitan) 誕生 (たんじょう) ‎(tanjō) 誕生日 (たんじょうび) ‎(tanjōbi) 虚誕 (きょたん) ‎(kyotan) 荒誕 (こうたん) ‎(kōtan) 降誕 (こうたん) ‎(kōtan) 御降誕 (ごこうたん) ‎(gokōtan), ご降誕 (こうたん) ‎(gokōtan) 再誕 (さいたん) ‎(saitan) 聖誕祭 (せいたんさい) ‎(seitansai)

初誕生 (はつたんじょう) ‎(hatsutanjō) 妄誕 (もうたん) ‎(mōtan), 妄誕 (ぼうたん) ‎(bōtan): groundlessness, additionally, groundless talk 誕生祝 (たんじょういわ)い ‎(tanjōiwai) 誕生石 (たんじょうせき) ‎(tanjōseki) 天皇誕生日 (てんのうたんじょうび) ‎(tennōtanjōbi) 御誕生日 (おたんじょうび)おめでとうございます ‎(otanjōbiomedetōgozaimasu), お誕生日 (たんじょうび)おめでとうございます ‎(otanjōbiomedetōgozaimasu) 誕辰 (たんしん) ‎(tanshin) 生誕百年 (せいたんひゃくねん) ‎(seitanhyakunen)

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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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