誕生日

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
誕	生	日
たん Grade: 6	しょう > じょう Grade: 1	ひ > び Grade: 1
kan'on	goon	kun'yomi

Compound of 誕生 (tanjō, “birth”) +‎ 日 (hi, “day”).

The hi reading for 日 changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Alternative forms

• (honorific) お誕生日(たんじょうび) (o-tanjōbi)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たんじょーび [tàńjóꜜòbì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [tã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ːbʲi]

• (Kyoto) たんじょー​び [táńjóóꜜbì] (Kōki)

Noun

誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び) • (tanjōbi) ^{←たんじやうび (tanzyaubi)?}

1. a birthday

   Synonyms: 誕辰 (tanshin), バースデー (bāsudē)

   Antonyms: 忌日 (kinichi), 命日 (meinichi)

Derived terms

• 誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び)おめでとう (tanjōbi omedetō)
• 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)席(せき) (o-tanjōbi-seki)
• 天(てん)皇(のう)誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び) (Tennō Tanjōbi)

Related terms

• 聖(せい)名(めい)祝(しゅく)日(じつ) (seimei shukujitsu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
誕	生	日
たん Grade: 6	しょう > じょう Grade: 1	にち Grade: 1
kan'on	goon

From 誕生 (tanjō, “birth”) +‎ 日 (-nichi, counter for day of a month).

Noun

誕(たん)生(じょう)日(にち) • (tanjōnichi) ^{←たんじやうにち (tanzyauniti)?}

1. (rare) a birthday

Korean

Hanja in this term
誕	生	日

Noun

誕生日 • (tansaeng'il) (hangeul 탄생일)

1. hanja form^? of 탄생일 (“a birthday”)

Usage notes

• 誕生日 (탄생일) is only used in modern Korean when discussing the birthdate/birthday of an important figure. Nonetheless, it can be recognized more as a general word for birthday by the elderly in South Korea, especially the word 誕生 (탄생).