# 蛋

| 蛋 | U+86CB, &#34507; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86CB |
| ← 蛊 [U+86CA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蛌 → [U+86CC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蛋 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓人中一戈 (NOLMI), four-corner 1713$_6$, composition ⿱疋虫)

#### Derived characters

* 𡐆, 𢳱, 𣼈, 𬿷, 𥕨, 𦄦, 𮕊, 𰳢

#### References

* 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

* 蛋 (Wu)
* 蛋 (Cantonese)
* 蛋 (Written Standard 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'aːns): phonetic 延 (OC *lan, *lans) + semantic 虫 (“snake, insect”). Hence, the non-contracted form is 蜑. It means "egg", with a reference to snake eggs. In the current version, 延 is abbreviated to 疋.
This character was coined at a late stage in Chinese, since it is unattested on oracle bones, bronzes, Shuowen Jiezi and Guangyun.

### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): dàn (dan$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): dan$^4$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): dān
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): dān
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дан (dan, III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daan$^6$ / daan$^{6-2}$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): deng$^3$ / deng$^{3-2}$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): an$^5$ / an$^{5*}$
    (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): daan$^6$
* Gan (Wiktionary): tan$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): than
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tan$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): dan$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): dăng
* Eastern Min (BUC): dáng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dang$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tàn / tān
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dang$^3$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): dang$^7$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): daan$^6$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^6$de / $^6$dae / $^6$doe / $^6$daen
** (Jinhua): $^6$dan
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): dan$^5$ / dan$^4$
    (Loudi, Wiktionary): ddann$^5$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): dan$^5$
* 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/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: dan$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dan
*** Sinological IPA : /tan²¹³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: dān
*** Sinological IPA : /tã⁵⁵/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: dān
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): dan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tã⁴⁴/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дан (dan, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /tæ̃⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daan$^6$ / daan$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: daahn / dáan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daan$^6$ / daan$^{6-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dan$^6$ / dan$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːn²²/, /taːn²²⁻³⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: deng$^3$ / deng$^{3-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɛŋ³²/, /tɛŋ³²⁻³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: an$^5$ / an$^{5*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /an³²/, /an³²⁻³²⁵/
** (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
*** Jyutping++: daan$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tan⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: tan$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰan¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: than
*** Hakka Romanization System: tan
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰan⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰan⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: dan$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tæ̃⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dăng
*** Sinological IPA : /taŋ²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dáng
*** Sinological IPA : /tɑŋ²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dang$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /taŋ⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tong'an, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàn
*** Tâi-lô: tàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daxn
*** IPA (Tong'an): /tan¹¹²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /tan⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /tan²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tan¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tān
*** Tâi-lô: tān
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dan
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tan⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tan²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tan³³/
* tàn - vernacular;
* tān - literary.
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*l'aːns/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蛋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14245 |
| Phonetic component | 延 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 憚 |
| Old Chinese | /*l'aːns/ |
| Notes | 通作彈分化字， 本蜑異構 |

#### Definitions

蛋
* egg (Classifier: 個／个 m; 顆／颗 m; 枚 m; 隻／只 c h)
    雞蛋／鸡蛋 ― jīdàn ― chicken egg
    蛋殼／蛋壳 ― dànké ― eggshell
* egg-shaped object
    跳蛋 ― tiàodàn ― love egg
* (slang) ball; testicle
* suffix denoting “person of certain characteristics”, usually with a pejorative tone
    傻蛋 ― shǎdàn ― goofball
    笨蛋 ― bèndàn ― fool
* zero score; goose egg
    零蛋 ― língdàn ― score of zero
* Alternative form of 蜑 (dàn)

##### Usage notes

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

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 卵 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蛋, 卵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蛋, 子兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蛋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蛋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蛋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蛋, 春 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蛋, 春 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蛋, 春 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 春, 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 春, 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 春 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 春 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蛋, 春 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 子 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 蛋 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蛋 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 蛋 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 架架 |
| Gan | Jianning | 蛋 |
| Gan | Taining | 卵 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 卵, 春, 蛋 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 春 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 春 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 春 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 春 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 春 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 春 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 春 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 春 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 春 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 春 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 春 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 春 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 春 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 春 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 春 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 卵 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 卵 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 卵 |
| Hakka | Changting | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 卵 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 卵, 春 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 卵, 春 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 卵, 春 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 卵, 春 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 卵, 春 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 卵 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 春, 蛋 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 春 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 春 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 春 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 春 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 春 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 蛋 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 春 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 春 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 春 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 春 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 春 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蛋 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 卵 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 卵 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 卵 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 卵 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 卵 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 卵 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 卵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 卵 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 卵 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 卵 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 卵 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 卵 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 卵 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 卵 |
| Shaojiang Min | Guangze | 卵 |
| Shaojiang Min | Jiangle | 卵 |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 卵 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shunchang | 卵 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 春 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 蛋 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蛋 |
| Wu | Danyang | 蛋 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蛋 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 卵 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 卵 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蛋 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蛋 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 外腎, 腎 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 睪丸, 精巢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 卵子兒, 卵包子, 小蛋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蛋蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 卵子兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 球 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 球蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 蛋子兒, 蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蛋子兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 卵子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 脬子兒, 腎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 脬卵子, 卵子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 卵, 卵蛋, 蛋蛋, 卵子, 敲敲兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 卵子, 卵蛋, 卵坨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 卵蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 卵考子, 考子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 卵子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 卵蛋, 卵子子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 春子 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 春, 春子, 春核, 波子, 蛋蛋, 睪丸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 核 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 核春 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 核仁 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 春牯 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 春核 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 卵子 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 卵脬仁 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 核子 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 𨳍卵 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 核卵 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 核仔 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 核仁 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 卵仁 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 卵仁 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 卵仁 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 卵仁 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 卵核 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 卵核 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 春仔 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 卵 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 卵核 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 順子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 卵坨子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 核卵仁 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Changting | 卵子 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 核卵仁 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Zhongshan) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 卵子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 卵子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 核卵仁 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 核卵仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 核卵仁 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 核 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 核卵 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 核卵 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 卵子 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 堆兒, 蛋 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蛋籽子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 𡳞核子, 𡳞核 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 𡳞核子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 𡳞核子 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 𡳞脬子 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 𡳞核子 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 𡳞脬子 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 𡳞脬子 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 𡳞脬子 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 尿脬子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 卵脬子 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 𡳞核, 腎子 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 𡳞核, 腎子 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 𡳞核, 𡳞核子 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 𡳞核, 腎子 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 𡳞脬核仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 𡳞核仔, 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 𡳞核仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 𡳞核仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔, 腎子 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 𡳞核仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 𡳞核, 𡳞核仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 𡳞核, 核, 𡳞脬子 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 𡳞核, 腎子, 𡳞脬子 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 核 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 𡳞核, 𡳞仁 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 𡳞脬核 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 𡳞核 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 𡳞脬子, 𡳞脬核, 核子 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 𡳞仁 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 𡳞脬仁 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 𡳞核 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 𡳞核 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 𡳞核 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 石核 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 尿脬核 |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 腎肚子 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 卵子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 卵子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 卵子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 卵脬黃, 卵子黃 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 卵子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 卵黃, 卵袋黃 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 卵子, 卵袋子, 陰袋子 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 老核子 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 卵核 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 考子, 卵子 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 睪子 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鴨蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 零蛋, 鴨蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 鴨蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 鴨蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 零蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 鴨蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 雞蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 零蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 鴨蛋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 雞蛋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 鴨蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 鴨蛋 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 零蛋 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 零蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 大雞蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 零蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 雞蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 雞蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 零蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 雞蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 零蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 零蛋, 大零蛋, 鴨蛋, 大鴨蛋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 零蛋, 鴨蛋, 大鴨蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 零蛋, 鴨蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 鴨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 零蛋, 鵝蛋, 鴨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 零光蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 雞蛋, 鴨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 零寡蛋, 零蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 零寡蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 零雞蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 鴨蛋, 雞蛋, 零雞蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 雞蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 零蛋, 零雞蛋, 鴨蛋, 大鴨蛋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 鴨蛋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 零蛋子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 鴨蛋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 零蛋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 零雞蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 零蛋, 雞蛋, 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 零蛋, 零雞蛋, 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 光蛋 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 湯圓, 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 雞蛋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 零雞蛋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 光蛋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 光蛋 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鴨蛋, 光蛋, 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 光蛋 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 零雞蛋 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 鴨蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 零蛋, 鴨蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 雞蛋 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 鴨蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 雞蛋, 鴨蛋 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 鵝蛋 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 架架 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鴨卵 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 鴨蛋 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 鴨春 |
| Hakka | Shanghang | 鴨蛋, 零蛋 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鵝蛋, 紅蛋 |
| Hakka | Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui) | 鴨蛋 |
| Hakka | Pingle (Tong'an) | 零春 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 零鴨春 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 零蛋 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 鴨子, 零蛋 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 零蛋, 零雞蛋 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 零大豆, 大豆, 零顆子, 零蛋子, 燒餅, 雞蛋 |
| Jin | Linhe | 零蛋 |
| Jin | Jining | 零蛋 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 雞蛋 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 雞蛋 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 雞蛋, 零蛋 |
| Jin | Handan | 鴨蛋, 大雞蛋 |
| Jin | Suide | 零圪蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鴨嫲卵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鴨母卵 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鴨卵, 鴨母卵, 圓箍仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鴨卵, 鴨母卵, 圓箍仔, 圓箍奶 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鴨卵, 鴨母卵, 圓箍仔 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 雞卵 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鴨卵 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 鴨卵圈 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 零蛋, 鴨蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 零湯糰, 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 零蛋, 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 零湯糰 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 零湯糰 |
| Wu | Danyang | 零蛋, 零光蛋 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 屙蛋分, 零蛋分, 零蛋 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鴨卵 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 零蛋, 鴨卵 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 零巴巴, 圞蛋 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 零坨, 鴨蛋 |

#### Compounds

* 下蛋 (xiàdàn)
* 下蛋雞 / 下蛋鸡
* 丫蛋
* 乾蛋 / 干蛋
* 二蛋
* 亡八蛋
* 倒楣蛋
* 倒蛋
* 倒霉蛋 (dǎoméidàn)
* 傻瓜蛋
* 傻蛋 (shǎdàn)
* 光蛋 (guāngdàn)
* 冰蛋
* 刁蛋
* 吃鴨蛋 / 吃鸭蛋 (chī yādàn)
* 喜蛋 (xǐdàn)
* 地蛋
* 圪蛋
* 壞蛋 / 坏蛋 (huàidàn)
* 完蛋 (wándàn)
* 寡蛋
* 寶貝蛋 / 宝贝蛋
* 屎蛋 (shǐdàn)
* 山藥蛋 / 山药蛋 (shānyaodàn)
* 巨蛋 (jùdàn)
* 忘八蛋
* 扯蛋 (chědàn)
* 扭蛋 (niǔdàn)
* 抱蛋
* 掛球蛋 / 挂球蛋
* 掉蛋
* 搗蛋 / 捣蛋 (dǎodàn)
* 搗蛋鬼 / 捣蛋鬼 (dǎodànguǐ)
* 攤蛋 / 摊蛋
* 文蛋
* 昏蛋
* 暖蛋
* 松花彩蛋
* 松花蛋 (sōnghuādàn)
* 核蛋白 (hédànbái)
* 毛蛋 (máodàn)
* 毛蛋蛋子
* 毬毬蛋蛋 / 球球蛋蛋
* 泥蛋
* 海綿蛋糕 / 海绵蛋糕 (hǎimián dàngāo)
* 混蛋
* 渾蛋 / 浑蛋
* 滾蛋 / 滚蛋 (gǔndàn)
* 滷蛋 / 卤蛋 (lǔdàn)
* 炒蛋 (chǎodàn)
* 烏魚蛋 / 乌鱼蛋
* 烏鴉閃蛋 / 乌鸦闪蛋
* 爬蛋
* 王八蛋
* 球蛋白 (qiúdànbái)
* 生蛋 (shēngdàn)
* 番茄炒蛋 (fānqié chǎodàn)
* 畫蛋 / 画蛋
* 白煮蛋
* 白蛋白 (báidànbái)
* 皮蛋 (pídàn)
* 瞎扯蛋
* 瞎炒蛋
* 砸蛋
* 碰蛋
* 窮光蛋 / 穷光蛋 (qióngguāngdàn)
* 窮蛋 / 穷蛋
* 笨蛋 (bèndàn)
* 節蛋 / 节蛋
* 糊塗蛋 / 糊涂蛋
* 糟蛋 (zāodàn)
* 紅蛋 / 红蛋 (hóngdàn)
* 纖維蛋白 / 纤维蛋白
* 老實圪蛋 / 老实圪蛋
* 肏蛋 (càodàn)
* 胡塗蛋 / 胡涂蛋
* 胃蛋白酶 (wèidànbáiméi)
* 胰蛋白酶 (yídànbáiméi)
* 膠元蛋白 / 胶元蛋白
* 臉蛋 / 脸蛋 (liǎndàn)
* 臥蛋 / 卧蛋
* 茶葉蛋 / 茶叶蛋 (cháyèdàn)
* 草雞蛋 / 草鸡蛋
* 荷包蛋 (hébāodàn)
* 蛋丁
* 蛋丘
* 蛋中挑刺
* 蛋人
* 蛋划
* 蛋卷 (dànjuǎn)
* 蛋品
* 蛋圓 / 蛋圆
* 蛋塔 (dàntǎ)
* 蛋子
* 蛋家 (dànjiā)
* 蛋家公
* 蛋市
* 蛋彩畫 / 蛋彩画
* 蛋戶 / 蛋户
* 蛋户
* 蛋撻 / 蛋挞
* 蛋散 (dànsǎn)
* 蛋殼 / 蛋壳 (dànké)
* 蛋民 (dànmín)
* 蛋清 (dànqīng)
* 蛋白 (dànbái)
* 蛋白尿 (dànbáiniào)
* 蛋白質 / 蛋白质 (dànbáizhì)
* 蛋粉
* 蛋糕 (dàngāo)
* 蛋花 (dànhuā)
* 蛋花湯 / 蛋花汤 (dànhuātāng)
* 蛋雞 / 蛋鸡 (dànjī)
* 蛋青
* 蛋青色
* 蛋頭 / 蛋头
* 蛋餅 / 蛋饼 (dànbǐng)
* 蛋黃 / 蛋黄 (dànhuáng)
* 蛋黃精 / 蛋黄精
* 蛋黃醬 / 蛋黄酱 (dànhuángjiàng)
* 蜘蛛抱蛋
* 血漿蛋白 / 血浆蛋白 (xuèjiāngdànbái)
* 血紅蛋白 / 血红蛋白 (xuèhóng dànbái)
* 調皮搗蛋 / 调皮捣蛋
* 變蛋 / 变蛋 (biàndàn)
* 起司蛋糕 (qǐsī dàngāo)
* 趴蛋
* 軟殼雞蛋 / 软壳鸡蛋
* 軟蛋 / 软蛋 (ruǎndàn)
* 軟雞蛋 / 软鸡蛋
* 轉蛋 / 转蛋
* 酪蛋白 (làodànbái)
* 雞蛋 / 鸡蛋 (jīdàn)
* 雞蛋清 / 鸡蛋清
* 雞蛋青 / 鸡蛋青
* 雞蛋餅 / 鸡蛋饼
* 雞飛蛋打 / 鸡飞蛋打 (jīfēidàndǎ)
* 零蛋 (língdàn)
* 飛機下蛋 / 飞机下蛋
* 飛蛋 / 飞蛋
* 馬蛋 / 马蛋
* 鬆蛋包 / 松蛋包
* 鬼扯蛋
* 鳳凰蛋 / 凤凰蛋
* 鴨蛋 / 鸭蛋 (yādàn)
* 鴨蛋圓 / 鸭蛋圆
* 鴨蛋粉 / 鸭蛋粉
* 鴨蛋臉 / 鸭蛋脸
* 鴨蛋臉兒 / 鸭蛋脸儿
* 鴨蛋青 / 鸭蛋青
* 鴕鳥蛋 / 鸵鸟蛋
* 鵝蛋石 / 鹅蛋石
* 鵝蛋臉 / 鹅蛋脸
* 鵝蛋臉兒 / 鹅蛋脸儿
* 鹹蛋 / 咸蛋 (xiándàn)
* 鹹風蛋雨 / 咸风蛋雨
* 鹹鴨蛋 / 咸鸭蛋 (xiányādàn)
* 鹽蛋 / 盐蛋
* 麻蛋
* 龍郎蛋女 / 龙郎蛋女

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): toaⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): duan$^1$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toaⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tuann
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dvoaf
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tuã⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tuã³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tuã⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tuã⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tuã⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: duan$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuaⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /tũã³³/

#### Definitions

蛋
* (Southern Min) unlaid egg of a fowl

#### Compounds

* 卵蛋 (nn̄g-toaⁿ) (Min Nan)
* 呼蛋 (Min Nan)
* 歇蛋 (Min Nan)
* 破蛋 (Min Nan)
* 雞蛋 / 鸡蛋 (Min Nan)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* (uncommon) an egg

#### Readings

* Go-on: だん (dan)
* Kan-on: たん (tan)
* Kun: たまご (tamago, 蛋)

#### Compounds

* 蛋(たん)白(ぱく) (tanpaku): protein; egg white
* 蛋(たん)白(ぱく)質(しつ) (tanpakushitsu): protein
* 蛋(たん)白(ぱく)尿(にょう) (tanpakunyō): albuminuria
* 蛋(たん)白(ぱく)分(ぶん)解(かい)酵(こう)素(そ) (tanpaku bunkai kōso): protease, an enzyme that breaks down protein
* 蛋(たん)白(ぱく)消(しょう)化(か)酵(こう)素(そ) (tanpaku shōka kōso): protease, an enzyme that breaks down protein
* 蛋(たん)白(ぱく)石(せき) (tanpakuseki): opal
* 蛋(たん)民(みん) (tanmin): the Tanka ethnic group of southern China

#### Usage notes

Seldom used in Japanese. Not used in isolation.
The egg sense and tamago reading is more commonly spelled either 玉子 or 卵.

## Korean
### Hanja

蛋 • (dan) (hangeul 단)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

蛋: Hán Nôm readings: đản
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