団

See also: 團 and 团

団 U+56E3, 団 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56E3 ← 团 [U+56E2] CJK Unified Ideographs 囤 → [U+56E4]

Translingual

Traditional	團
Shinjitai	団
Simplified	团

Etymology

Simplified from 團 (專 → 寸)

Han character

団 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 田木戈 (WDI), composition ⿴囗寸)

1. sphere, ball, circle
2. mass, lump

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 217, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4703
• Dae Jaweon: page 444, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 711, character 8
• Unihan data for U+56E3

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 団 – see 團 (“sphere; ball; circle; to roll; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 團).

Japanese

Shinjitai	団
Kyūjitai	團

Kanji

団

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 團)

1. group, association

Readings

• Go-on: だん (dan, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: たん (tan)
• Tō-on: とん (ton, Jōyō ^†)
• Kun: かたまり (katamari, 団); まるい (marui, 団い)
• Nanori: あつ (atsu); まろ (maro)

Compounds

• 団栗(どんぐり) (donguri)
• 団扇(うちわ) (uchiwa)
• 布団(ふとん) (futon)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
団
だん Grade: 5
goon

Alternative spelling
團 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 團 (MC dwan).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だん [dáꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [dã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

団(だん) • (Dan) 

1. a surname

Suffix

団(だん) • (-dan) 

1. group, team, gang

   銀(ぎん)河(が)団(だん)

   gingadan

   a galaxy cluster

   ロケット団(だん)

   Roketto-dan

   Team Rocket

   CLAMP(クランプ) 学(がく)園(えん)探(たん)偵(てい)団(だん)

   Kuranpu Gakuen Tanteidan

   Clamp Academy Detectives