诞

誕
dàn
#1,994 most
frequent character
birth, birthday, brag, boast

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

诞 dàn has 讠 speech as the meaning part. 延 yán, to go out on travel, adds meaning and sound. It first meant to tell tall tales. It grew to mean to brag, to increase, and birth.

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Homophones

但dàn
but, however
蛋dàn
egg
石dàn
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]
担dàn
picul (100 catties, 50 kg)
旦dàn
(literary) dawn, daybreak

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