# 簞

| 簞 | U+7C1E, &#31774; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C1E |
| ← 簝 [U+7C1D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 簟 → [U+7C1F] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 簞 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 箪 |
| Simplified | 箪 |

### Han character

簞 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹口口十 (HRRJ), four-corner 8850$_6$, composition ⿱𥫗單)
* bamboo utensil for holding cooked rice

#### Derived characters

* 𢹺

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 899, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26509
* Dae Jaweon: page 1324, character 41
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3015, character 11
* Unihan data for U+7C1E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 簞
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 嚲 | *taːlʔ |
| 癉 | *taːlʔ, *taːls, *taːn, *daːn |
| 奲 | *taːlʔ, *tʰjaːlʔ |
| 驒 | *daːl, *daːn, *teːn |
| 鼉 | *daːl |
| 磾 | *teːl |
| 鷤 | *deːl, *deːls, *daːn |
| 觶 | *tjal, *tjals |
| 單 | *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans |
| 鄲 | *taːn |
| 殫 | *taːn |
| 簞 | *taːn |
| 匰 | *taːn |
| 襌 | *taːn |
| 彈 | *daːn, *daːns |
| 貚 | *daːn, *deːn |
| 撣 | *daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan, *taːnʔ |
| 潬 | *daːnʔ |
| 僤 | *daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan |
| 憚 | *daːns |
| 樿 | *tjanʔ |
| 燀 | *tjanʔ, *tʰjan, *tʰjanʔ |
| 戰 | *tjans |
| 闡 | *tʰjanʔ |
| 繟 | *tʰjanʔ |
| 幝 | *tʰjanʔ |
| 嘽 | *tʰaːn, *tʰjanʔ |
| 灛 | *tʰjanʔ |
| 蟬 | *djan |
| 禪 | *djan, *djans |
| 嬋 | *djan |
| 墠 | *djanʔ |
| 鱓 | *djanʔ |
| 蕇 | *teːnʔ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dān (dan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daan$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dān
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dan
*** Wade–Giles: tan$^1$
*** Yale: dān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dan
*** Palladius: дань (danʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tän⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daan$^1$
*** Yale: dāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːn⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tan
Rime :
| Character | 簞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 寒 (61) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 都寒切 |
| Baxter | tan |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tɑn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tɑn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tɑn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tan/ |
| Li Rong | /tɑn/ |
| Wang Li | /tɑn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tɑn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | daan$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*taːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 簞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1998 |
| Phonetic component | 單 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 單 |
| Old Chinese | /*taːn/ |

### Definitions

簞
* a bamboo utensil for holding cooked rice; a basket
    From: w:Mencius (book) (孟子) (tr. James Legge)
    Mín yǐwèi jiāng zhěng jǐ yú shuǐhuǒ zhī zhōng yě, dān sì hú jiāng, yǐ yíng wángshī. [Pinyin]
    The people supposed that you were going to deliver them out of the water and the fire, and brought baskets of rice and vessels of congee, to meet your Majesty's host.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 箪 |
| Kyūjitai | 簞 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 箪)
* small bamboo basket for holding

#### Readings

* Go-on: たん (tan)
* Kan-on: たん (tan)
* Kun: はこ (hako, 簞)

#### Compounds

* 簞(たん)食(し) (tanshi)
* 簞(たん)笥(し) (tanshi)
* 簞(たん)笥(す) (tansu)
* 簞(たん)瓢(ぴょう) (tanpyō)
* 瓢(ひょう)簞(たん) (hyōtan)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 簞 (MC tan).

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ta̠n]
* Phonetic hangul: [단]

### Hanja

Wikisource 簞 (eumhun 대광주리 단 (daegwangjuri dan))
* a bamboo basket

#### Compounds

* 단사 (簞笥, dansa)
* 단사 (簞食, dansa)
* 단표 (簞瓢, danpyo)

### References

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