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

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/

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	/dɑn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dan^X/
Li Rong	/dɑn^X/
Wang Li	/dɑn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑn^X/
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

to be born
birth; birthday
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)
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 ^[1]	誕󠄂 誕+`󠄂`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
Kyūjitai ^[1]	誕󠄄 誕+`󠄄`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

誕

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

absurd, brag
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)

References

^ “誕”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

誕 (eum 탄 (tan))

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Vietnamese

Han character

誕: Hán Nôm readings: đản

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[1] “誕”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

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