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English definition egg
Mandarin pronunciation(s), using the Hanyu Pinyin romanization system dan4
Cantonese pronunciation(s), using the Jyutping romanization system daan6
Cantonese pronunciation(s), using the Yale romanization system daan6
Japanese (Kana) タン ダン あま
Japanese (Hepburn) ama
Sino-Japanese tan
Korean pronunciation(s), using the Yale romanization system tan
Hangul 단:1N
Semantic variants (x- or y-variants with similar or identical meaning) 蛋
Unicode radical / stroke count 虫 + 7
Unicode total stroke count 12
Cangjie NMLMI
Four corner code 1113.6
漢語大字典 <Hanyu Da Zidian> 'Great Chinese Character Dictionary' (in 8 Volumes). Hubei and Sichuan Dictionary Publishing Collectives, 1986-1990. ISBN: 7-5403-0030 2/H.16 volume 4, page 2850, character 1
KangXi dictionary, 7th edition published by Zhonghua Bookstore in Beijing, 1989 page 1085, position 11
Dae Jaweon (Korean) dictionary, first edition, published in Seoul by Samseong Publishing Co., Ltd., 1988 page 1552, position 18
Cihai (辭海) dictionary, single volume edition, published in Hong Kong by the Zhonghua Bookstore, 1983 (reprint of the 1947 edition), ISBN 962-231-005-2 page 1191, row 2, position 4
宋本廣韻 <Song Ben Guang Yun> Song Dynasty edition of the Guang Yun Rhyming Dictionary page 284, character 17
This represents the position(s) of the ideograph in the Soengmou San Zidin (商務新字典, New Commercial Press Character Dictionary) page 614, character 5
Ten Thousand Characters: An Analytic Dictionary by G. Hugh Casey, S.J. Hong Kong: Kelley and Walsh, 1980 1578
Chinese-English Dictionary by Robert H. Mathews, Cambrige: Harvard University Press, 1975 6050
A Practical Cantonese-English Dictionary by Sidney Lau, Hong Kong: The Government Printer, 1977 462
Taiwan telegraph code 9146
Unicode code point (dec / hex): 34577 / 8711


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