團

See also: 团 and 団

團 U+5718, 團 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5718 ← 圗 [U+5717] CJK Unified Ideographs 圙 → [U+5719]

Translingual

Traditional	團
Shinjitai	団
Simplified	团

Han character

團 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 田十戈戈 (WJII), four-corner 6034₃, composition ⿴囗專)

Derived characters

• 𡁴, 㩛, 𣎫, 檲, 糰, 𧓘, 𬣍(𬣫), 𩼯

Descendants

• 団 (Japanese shinjitai)
• 团 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 221, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4834
• Dae Jaweon: page 452, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 725, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5718

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Chinese

trad.		團
simp.		团*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (專) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
竱	*toːn, *tjonʔ
團	*doːn
摶	*doːn, *doːn, *donʔ
篿	*doːn, *tjon
慱	*doːn
剸	*doːn, *tjonʔ, *tjons
鄟	*doːn, *tjon, *djonʔ
漙	*doːn
鷒	*doːn, *tjon
轉	*tonʔ, *tons
傳	*tons, *don, *dons
囀	*tons
縳	*donʔ, *dons
專	*tjon
磚	*tjon
甎	*tjon
塼	*tjon
嫥	*tjon
膞	*tjon, *tjonʔ, *djonʔ
鱄	*tjon, *tjonʔ
蓴	*djun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *doːn) : semantic 囗 + phonetic 專 (OC *tjon).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 團

1. sphere; ball; circle

   團團圍住／团团围住  ―  tuántuán wéizhù  ―  to encircle

   蒲團／蒲团  ―  pútuán  ―  cushion (circular in shape)

2. mass; lump

   麵團／面团  ―  miàntuán  ―  dough

3. Classifier for round, lumpy, or amorphous objects.

   一團泥／一团泥  ―  yītuán ní  ―  a clod; a lump of soil

   一團和氣／一团和气  ―  yītuánhéqì  ―  "a ball of friendly air"

4. group; collective; panel; team; organization

   選舉人團／选举人团  ―  xuǎnjǔréntuán  ―  electoral college

   財團／财团  ―  cáituán  ―  financial group

   團體／团体  ―  tuántǐ  ―  team; collective

   樂團／乐团  ―  yuètuán  ―  music ensemble; orchestra

   1. tour group arranged by travel agency

      你們這團兒都安排了什麼項目啊？ [MSC, trad.]
      你们这团儿都安排了什么项目啊？ [MSC, simp.]

      Nǐmen zhèi tuánr dōu ānpái le shénme xiàngmu a? [Pinyin]

      What kind of programs do you provide for this tour group?

5. (figurative, in compounds) tightly; completely; as an inseparable collective (suggestive of circles or tightly knit groups)

   團結／团结  ―  tuánjié  ―  to unite; to join each other; to stick together

   團圓／团圆  ―  tuányuán  ―  to reunite; to get together (with family members)

6. (military) regiment; corps
7. (military or paramilitary) formation; troops; armed organization

   軍團／军团  ―  jūntuán  ―  legion

   團練／团练  ―  tuánliàn  ―  militia; local paramilitary organization

8. (Mainland China) Short for 共青團／共青团 (gòngqīngtuán, “Communist Youth League”).
9. (graph theory) clique

Usage notes

(military): Under the National Revolutionary Army, a regiment of infantry was composed of three battalions (營) and some miscellaneous companies (連). In turn, two regiments formed a brigade (旅). Three regiments could be formed into a triangular division, where the brigade structure was absent, as a division (整編師 / 編制師).

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	団
Kyūjitai	團

Kanji

團

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 団)

1. association

Readings

• On (unclassified): だん (dan)、とん (ton)、どん (don)
• Kun: まるい (marui, 團い)、かたまり (katamari, 團)

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 團 (MC dwan).

Hanja

Wikisource

團 (eumhun 둥글 단 (dunggeul dan))

1. hanja form^? of 단 (“group”)

Compounds

• 단결 (團結, dan'gyeol)
• 단란 (團欒, dallan)
• 단속 (團束, dansok)
• 단원 (團圓, danwon)
• 단자 (團子, danja)
• 단장 (團長, danjang)
• 단지 (團地, danji)
• 단체 (團體, danche)
• 단합 (團合, danhap)
• 공단 (公團, gongdan)
• 군단 (軍團, gundan)
• 극단 (劇團, geukdan)
• 분단 (分團, bundan)
• 사단 (師團, sadan)
• 사단 (社團, sadan)
• 악단 (樂團, akdan)
• 여단/려단 (旅團, yeodan/ryeodan)
• 의단 (疑團, uidan)
• 일단 (一團, ildan)
• 재단 (財團, jaedan)
• 집단 (集團, jipdan)
• 포단 (蒲團, podan)
• 자경단 (自警團, jagyeongdan)
• 대표단 (代表團, daepyodan)

 

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

團: Hán Nôm readings: đoàn

1. group
2. party
3. corps