簞

簞

See also: 箪

簞 U+7C1E, 簞 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 8850₆, composition ⿱𥫗單)

1. a bamboo utensil for holding cooked rice

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

trad.		簞
simp.		箪

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 簞
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (單) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	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 (dan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dan
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹
    • Yale: dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dan
    • Palladius: дань (danʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan¹
    • Yale: dāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /tɑn/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/tɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/tɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tan/
Li Rong	/tɑn/
Wang Li	/tɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/tɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daan1

• 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

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Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	箪
Kyūjitai	簞

Kanji

簞

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 箪)

1. 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)

 

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 簞 (MC tɑn).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ta̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [단]

Hanja

Wikisource簞 (eumhun 대광주리 단 (daegwangjuri dan))

1. 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.