Read Edit View history Discussion 诞 dàn HSK6 birth Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents ← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Dec 24, 2021, 05:18 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Dec 24, 2021, 05:18 PM verify Changed fields: hint, originalMeaning, isVerified, components, customSources Original meaning: tell false words Phonosemantic compound. 讠 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". Simplified form of 誕. Components 讠 讠 Meaning component 讠 is a component form of 言. Change in meaning 讠 hints at the original meaning of 诞, "tell false words", which is no longer the most common meaning of 诞 in modern Mandarin. 延 延 Sound component Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode