# 誕

| 誕 | U+8A95, &#35477; 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 0264$_1$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (dan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daan$^3$ / daan$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tan
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tāⁿ / tàn / tǎn / tān
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dang$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$te
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàn
*** Wade–Giles: tan$^4$
*** Yale: dàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dann
*** Palladius: дань (danʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daan$^3$ / daan$^6$
*** Yale: daan / daahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daan$^3$ / daan$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dan$^3$ / dan$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːn³³/, /taːn²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tan
*** Hakka Romanization System: dan
*** Hagfa Pinyim: dan$^4$
*** 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/
* tāⁿ - vernacular;
* tàn - vernacular (俗);
* tǎn/tān - literary.
* 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 | daan$^6$ |
* 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
    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 | 誕󠄂 誕+&#xE0102; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 誕󠄄 誕+&#xE0104; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(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)、いつわり (itsuwari, 誕り)、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]‎ (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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