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

(Hailu, HRS): dan^ˇ
Eastern Min (BUC): dáng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dor⁵ / dornn⁵ / dang⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tāⁿ / tàn / tǎn / tān

(Teochew, Peng'im): dang³
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵te / ²daen / ²dae

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/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: dan^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /tan¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑŋ²¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dor⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dō̤ⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dornn⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒ̃²¹/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dang⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dāng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dang⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ²¹/

Note:

dor5/dornn5 - vernacular;
dang5 - literary.

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, Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁵te
  - MiniDict: te^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²te
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /te³⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /te⁵²³/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²daen
  - MiniDict: daen^平
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /dẽ̞²³/
- (Northern: Ningbo, Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ²dae
  - MiniDict: dae^平
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /dɛ³¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /dɛ²²/

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 (23 August 2020) “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, 2015–2025

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, 2015–2025

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