Read Edit View history Discussion 誕 dàn birth Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 延 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "tell false words". The meaning later shifted to "boast", "increase", and "give birth". Pinyin Separate values with commas dàn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 诞 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 誕 Simp strokes 誕 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 誕 Simp strokes 誕 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 誕 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 272, 812 ], [ 345, 761 ], [ 374, 714 ] ], [ [ 74, 566 ], [ 101, 558 ], [ 129, 558 ], [ 347, 612 ], [ 408, 612 ] ], [ [ 199, 465 ], [ 235, 461 ], [ 319, 482 ], [ 361, 483 ] ], [ [ 194, 357 ], [ 236, 356 ], [ 321, 379 ], [ 354, 379 ] ], [ [ 132, 254 ], [ 164, 224 ], [ 204, 63 ] ], [ [ 179, 255 ], [ 207, 253 ], [ 294, 280 ], [ 317, 277 ], [ 337, 257 ], [ 318, 182 ], [ 297, 167 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348 34 352 32 Q 356 29 364 36 Q 431 82 463 129 Q 487 169 507 216 L 521 250 Q 528 266 535 285 Q 556 348 568 364 Q 575 374 569 382 Q 559 392 544 397 Q 531 401 510 396 Q 486 392 480 398 Q 476 401 481 412 Q 503 455 524 505 Q 542 538 555 553 Q 571 568 559 580 Q 549 589 519 599 Q 497 609 482 596 Q 437 565 403 554 Q 390 550 398 543 Q 417 531 472 552 Q 485 555 489 549 Q 495 537 481 498 Q 462 431 443 409 Q 433 396 438 384 Q 442 377 459 378 Q 501 381 506 362 Q 515 341 490 271 L 479 239 Z", "M 507 216 Q 652 102 767 23 Q 789 7 818 15 Q 971 60 981 77 Q 982 86 971 87 Q 806 100 746 124 Q 742 127 737 128 Q 649 165 521 250 L 490 271 Q 441 304 427 302 Q 402 296 398 286 Q 397 280 406 277 Q 446 267 479 239 L 507 216 Z" ] } 13 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text 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