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See also: and たまご
U+86CB, 蛋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86CB

[U+86CA]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+86CC]

Translingual

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Stroke order
11 strokes

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 142, むし+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input ゆみ人中ひとなかいちほこ (NOLMI), four-corner 17136, composition むし)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1081, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32977
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1549, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2845, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+86CB

Chinese

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  • (Cantonese)
  • (Written Standard Chinese?)

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい形声けいせい, OC *l'aːns) : phonetic のべ (OC *lan, *lans) + semantic むし (snake, insect). のべ is abbreviated to .

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.
2nd round simp. だん
alternative forms
あま
𱉗
だん informal (especially Cantonese)

From たま (MC danH, “pellet”) (Zhengzhang, 2003).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • tàn - vernacular;
  • tān - literary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14245
Phonetic
component
のべ
Rime
group
もと
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
はばか
Old
Chinese
/*l'aːns/
Notes つうさくたまぶん
ほんあまこと

Definitions

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  1. egg (Classifier: m; せきただ c)
      ―  dàn  ―  chicken egg
    から  ―  dàn  ―  eggshell
  2. egg-shaped object
    とべ  ―  tiàodàn  ―  love egg
  3. (slang) ball; testicle
  4. suffix denoting “person of certain characteristics”, usually with a pejorative tone
      ―  shǎdàn  ―  goofball
      ―  bèndàn  ―  fool
  5. (Hong Kong Cantonese) zero score; goose egg
  6. Alternative form of あま (dàn)
Usage notes
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A sign reading 鸡旦 ("[chicken] egg fried rice"), which uses だん instead of

Occasionally spelled with the character だん instead, especially in the menus of cha chaan tengs, as it is faster to write when taking orders).

Synonyms
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Compounds

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Etymology 2

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms たん
はし

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Southern Min) unlaid egg of a fowl

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. (uncommon) an egg

Readings

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Compounds

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Usage notes

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Seldom used in Japanese. Not used in isolation.

The egg sense and tamago reading is more commonly spelled either 玉子たまご or たまご.

Korean

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Hanja

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(dan) (hangeul )

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: đản

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