たん

See also: だん

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• (internet slang) たそ (taso)

Suffix

たん • (-tan) 

1. (slang) Alternative form of ちゃん (“-chan”); -tan

   O(オー)S(エス)たん

   ōesu-tan

   OS-tan

Descendants

• → English: -tan
• → Chinese:

  → Mandarin: 炭 (tàn)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of たん – see the following entries.

【丹】S [noun] cinnabar [noun] a yellowish-red pigment made from lead oxide, used, for example, in nihonga [noun] medicine, especially one for inducing immortality [noun] a yellow-red color, as of cinnabar [proper noun] a surname

【段】6 [noun] a unit of areal measure equivalent to 300 坪 (tsubo), now standardised at exactly 120000/121 square metres (around 991.7 m²) Alternative spelling 反

【短】3 [noun] fault, weak point [noun] (music) minor

【嘆】S [noun] sigh Alternative spelling 歎

【痰】H [noun] phlegm

【炭】3 [noun] (rare) charcoal [noun] (rare) coal (fossil fuel) [proper noun] a surname

(This term, たん, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as たん, see Category:Japanese kanji read as たん.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 澹, 反, 担, 単, 胆, 端.)