誕 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

nativity, be born, declension, lie, be arbitrary

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • タンElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音dan4
  • 한글tan
  • Hán-ViệtĐản

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8A95

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言延

Words using this kanji

  • 誕生たんじょう生まれること。birth (of a person), nativity, creation, formation
  • 誕生日たんじょうび生まれた日。 語義1と月日が同じ日。birthday
  • 誕辰たんしんある人物が生まれた日。誕生日。birthday
  • 誕生石たんじょうせき生まれた月毎に定められた宝石。birthstone
  • 誕生会たんじょうかいbirthday party
  • 誕生仏たんじょうぶつstatue of the birth of Buddha (right hand pointing at the heavens, left hand pointing at the earth)
  • 誕生地たんじょうちone's birthplace, one's native place
  • 誕プレたんプレbirthday present
  • 誕生月たんじょうづき誕生日のある月。その人が生まれた月。month of birth, birthday month
  • 誕生花たんじょうかbirth flower (flower associated with the month of one's birth)
  • 誕生死たんじょうしstillbirth, being born dead, neonatal death
  • 誕生祝いたんじょういわい生後一歳までの初誕生を祝う風習。地域によりさまざまな呼び名ややり方がある。birthday celebration
  • 誕生日会たんじょうびかいbirthday party, birthday meet-up
  • 誕生秘話たんじょうひわfacts behind the origin of something, previously unknown story
  • 誕生日ケーキたんじょうびケーキbirthday cake
  • 誕生パーティーたんじょうパーティーbirthday party
  • 誕生日パーティーたんじょうびパーティーbirthday party
  • 誕生日プレゼントたんじょうびプレゼントbirthday present
  • 誕生日おめでとうございますたんじょうびおめでとうございますHappy Birthday

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-8
Four Corner
0264.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7a7.15
Heisig
420
Nelson
4386