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彈

See also: 弹 and 弾
彈 U+5F48, 彈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F48
← 彇
[U+5F47] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 彉 →
[U+5F49]

TranslingualEdit

Traditional 彈
Shinjitai 弾
Simplified 弹

Han characterEdit

彈 (radical 57, 弓+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 弓口口十 (NRRJ), four-corner 16256, composition ⿰弓單)

Derived charactersEdit

Related charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 360, character 45
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9865
  • Dae Jaweon: page 678, character 33
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1002, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+5F48

ChineseEdit

trad. 彈
simp. 弹
variant forms 𢎫
⿰弓旦 second round simplified

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 彈
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     
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
啴
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *daːn, *daːns): semantic 弓 + phonetic 單 (OC *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans).

Pronunciation 1Edit

Note:
  • daan6 - to catapult, to flick, to spring, to be elastic;
  • taan4 - to play (an instrument), to accuse.
  • Hakka
  • Min Dong
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • tân - literary;
    • tôaⁿ/tōaⁿ - vernacular.
  • Wu
    • Rime
    Character 彈
    Reading # 1/2
    Initial (聲) 定 (7)
    Final (韻) 寒 (61)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) I
    Fanqie 徒干切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/dɑn/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/dɑn/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/dɑn/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/dan/
    Li
    Rong         		/dɑn/
    Wang
    Li         		/dɑn/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/dʱɑn/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		tán
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 彈 彈
    Reading # 2/3 3/3
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		tán tán
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ dan › ‹ dan ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*Cə.dˁar/ /*[d]ˁar/
    English shoot pellets shoot pellets

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 彈
    Reading # 1/2
    No. 2003
    Phonetic
    component         		單
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		壇
    Old
    Chinese         		/*daːn/

    DefinitionsEdit

    彈

    1. to shoot (with a slingshot); to catapult; to eject
    2. to flick; to fluff; to strike
    3. (music) to play (a stringed musical instrument)
      彈琴 / 弹琴  ―  tánqín  ―  to play stringed instruments or piano
    4. to spring; to leap; to be elastic
    5. to accuse; to criticise; to expose
    6. (traditional Chinese medicine) to puncture
    7. (of tear) to fall
    8. † to weigh
    9. (Min Dong) to shine
    10. (Min Dong) to look (in the mirror)
    11. (Min Nan) to blather; to speak nonsense

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 彈

    Pronunciation 2Edit

    Note:
    • tôaⁿ, tōaⁿ - vernacular;
    • tân, tān, thân - literary.
  • Wu
    • Rime
    Character 彈
    Reading # 2/2
    Initial (聲) 定 (7)
    Final (韻) 寒 (61)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) I
    Fanqie 徒案切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/dɑnH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/dɑnH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/dɑnH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/danH/
    Li
    Rong         		/dɑnH/
    Wang
    Li         		/dɑnH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/dʱɑnH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		dàn
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 彈
    Reading # 1/3
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		dàn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ danH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[d]ˁar-s/
    English pellet

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 彈
    Reading # 2/2
    No. 2013
    Phonetic
    component         		單
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		憚
    Old
    Chinese         		/*daːns/

    DefinitionsEdit

    彈

    1. shot; pellet
    2. slingshot
    3. † Alternative form of 蛋 (dàn, “egg”).
    4. bullet; shot
      子彈 / 子弹  ―  zǐdàn  ―  bullet
    5. bomb; shell

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 彈

    JapaneseEdit

    Shinjitai

    		弾

    Kyūjitai

    		彈

    KanjiEdit

    彈

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

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    ReadingsEdit

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    彈 • (tan) (hangeul 탄, McCune–Reischauer t'an, Yale than)

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    CompoundsEdit

    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    彈 (đạn, đàn, đằn, đan, đận, rờn)

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