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| Traditional | 彈 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai | 弾 |
| Simplified | 弹 |
彈 (Kangxi radical 57,弓+12, 15 strokes,cangjie input弓口口十 (NRRJ),four-corner16256,composition⿰弓單)
| trad. | 彈 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 弹 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 𰐔 | |
| alternative forms | 𢎫 | |
| Historical forms of the character彈 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) | Liushutong (compiled inMing) |
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*daːn, *daːns): semantic 弓 + phonetic 單(OC*taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans).
| 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 |
| Baxter | dan |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dɑn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dɑn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɑn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dan/ |
| Li Rong | /dɑn/ |
| Wang Li | /dɑn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱɑn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | taan4 |
| 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; | ||
| 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/ |
彈
| 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 |
| Baxter | danH |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dɑnH/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dɑnH/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɑnH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /danH/ |
| Li Rong | /dɑnH/ |
| Wang Li | /dɑnH/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱɑnH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | daan6 |
| 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; | |
| 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/ |
彈
| 弾 | |
| 彈 |
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji,shinjitai form弾)
{{rfdef}}.彈• (tan) (hangeul탄,McCune–Reischauer t'an,Yale than)
{{rfdef}}.彈:Hán Nôm readings:đạn,đàn,đằn,đan,đận,rờn