蛋

See also: 疍 and 卵
蛋 U+86CB, 蛋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86CB
← 蛊
[U+86CA]
CJK Unified Ideographs 蛌 →
[U+86CC]

Translingual

Stroke order
11 strokes

Han character

蛋 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓人中一戈 (NOLMI), four-corner 17136, composition ⿱疋虫)

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: 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

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l'aːns) : phonetic 延 (OC *lan, *lans) + semantic 虫 (“snake, insect”). 延 is abbreviated to 疋.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
蛋
2nd round simp. 旦
alternative forms 疍
蜑
鴠/𱉗
旦 informal (especially Cantonese)
蛋

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

Pronunciation


Note:
  • tàn - vernacular;
  • tān - literary.

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

  1. egg (Classifier: 顆/颗 m; 隻/只 c)
    雞蛋/鸡蛋  ―  jīdàn  ―  chicken egg
    蛋殼/蛋壳  ―  dànké  ―  eggshell
  2. egg-shaped object
    跳蛋  ―  tiàodàn  ―  love egg
  3. (slang) ball; testicle
  4. suffix denoting “person of certain characteristics”, usually with a pejorative tone
    傻蛋  ―  shǎdàn  ―  goofball
    笨蛋  ―  bèndàn  ―  fool
  5. Alternative form of 蜑 (dàn).
Usage notes
A sign reading 鸡旦炒饭 ("[chicken] egg fried rice"), which uses 旦 instead of 蛋

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

Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
蛋
alternative forms 單/单
端

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

Pronunciation


Definitions

蛋

  1. (Min Nan) unlaid egg of a fowl

Compounds

  • 歇蛋
  • 破蛋

Japanese

Kanji

蛋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. an egg

Readings

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

Compounds

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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