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 (Kangxi 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 ⿰訁延)

Descendants

• 诞

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese

trad.		誕
simp.		诞
2nd round simp.		⿰讠旦
alternative forms		𧩙／䜥 訑／𫍙 唌 𧥡

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 / 形声, 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
• Southern Min

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dang³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵te

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàn
    • Wade–Giles: tan⁴
    • Yale: dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dann
    • Palladius: дань (danʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daan³ / daan⁶
    • Yale: daan / daahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan³ / daan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan³ / dan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn³³/, /taːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tan
    • Hakka Romanization System: dan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tan⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵te
    • MiniDict: te^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²te
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /te³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: danX

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
Baxter	danX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑnX/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑnX/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/danX/
Li Rong	/dɑnX/
Wang Li	/dɑnX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daan6

• 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

   • 此前，「美香」已在美國誕下3隻健康幼崽，分別是「泰山」「寶寶」和「貝貝」，均已先後返回中國。 [MSC, trad.]
     此前，「美香」已在美国诞下3只健康幼崽，分别是「泰山」「宝宝」和「贝贝」，均已先后返回中国。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 郑琪 (2020 August 23) “旅美大熊猫“美香”顺利诞下第四胎”, in People's Daily (in Chinese), page 3

     Cǐqián, “Měixiāng” yǐ zài Měiguó dàn xià 3 zhī jiànkāng yòuzǎi, fēnbié shì “Tàishān” “Bǎobǎo” hé “Bèibèi”, jūn yǐ xiānhòu fǎnhuí Zhōngguó. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. absurd; ludicrous

Compounds

• 佛誕日 / 佛诞日 (Fódànrì)
• 佛誕節 / 佛诞节
• 冥誕 / 冥诞 (míngdàn)
• 壽誕 / 寿诞 (shòudàn)
• 夸誕
• 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 (huīdàn)
• 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 (yēdànshù)
• 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 (huádàn)
• 虛誕 / 虚诞 (xūdàn)
• 觀音誕 / 观音诞 (Guānyīndàn)
• 誇誕 / 夸诞
• 詭誕 / 诡诞
• 詭譎怪誕 / 诡谲怪诞
• 誕妄 / 诞妄 (dànwàng)
• 誕放 / 诞放
• 誕生 / 诞生 (dànshēng)
• 誕登道岸 / 诞登道岸
• 誕罔不經 / 诞罔不经
• 誕聖 / 诞圣
• 誑誕 / 诳诞
• 誕謾 / 诞谩
• 誕辰 / 诞辰 (dànchén)
• 誕章 / 诞章
• 迂誕 / 迂诞
• 閎誕 / 闳诞
• 陶誕 / 陶诞

Japanese

Shinjitai	誕
Kyūjitai	誕󠄂 誕+󠄂? (Adobe-Japan1)
	誕󠄄 誕+󠄄? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

誕

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. absurd, brag
2. be born

Readings

• Go-on: だん (dan)
• Kan-on: たん (tan, Jōyō)
• Kun: うまれる (umareru, 誕まれる)、いつわる (itsuwaru, 誕る)^{←いつはる (itufaru, 誕る, historical)}、いつわり (itsuwari, 誕り)^{←いつはり (itufari, 誕り, historical)}、おおきい (ōkī, 誕きい)、ここに (kokoni, 誕に)
• Nanori: のぶ (nobu)

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)

Korean

Hanja

誕 (eum 탄 (tan))

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Vietnamese

Han character

誕: Hán Nôm readings: đản

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