弾

See also: 彈, and 弹

弾 U+5F3E, 弾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F3E ← 弽 [U+5F3D] CJK Unified Ideographs 弿 → [U+5F3F]

Translingual

Traditional	彈
Shinjitai	弾
Simplified	弹

Han character

弾 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 弓火田十 (NFWJ), composition ⿰弓単)

1. pellet, bullet, shot, shell
2. bounce, bound

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 360, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9836
• Dae Jaweon: page 678, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1000, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5F3E

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 弾 – see 彈 (“to shoot; to catapult; to eject; to flick; to fluff; to strike; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 彈).

Japanese

Shinjitai	弾
Kyūjitai	彈

Kanji

弾

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 彈)

1. pellet, bullet, shot, shell
2. bounce, bound

Readings

From Middle Chinese 彈 (MC dan); compare Mandarin 彈／弹 (tán):

• Go-on: だん (dan, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: たん (tan)

From Middle Chinese 彈 (MC danH); compare Mandarin 彈／弹 (dàn):

• Go-on: だん (dan, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: たん (tan)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: たま (tama, 弾, Jōyō)、はずむ (hazumu, 弾む, Jōyō)^{←はづむ (fadumu, 弾む, historical)}、ひく (hiku, 弾く, Jōyō)、はじく (hajiku, 弾く)、はじける (hajikeru, 弾ける)
• Nanori: ただ (tada)

Compounds

Compounds

• 弾(だん)圧(あつ) (dan'atsu)
• 弾(だん)雨(う) (dan'u)
• 弾(だん)劾(がい) (dangai)
• 弾(だん)冠(かん) (dankan)
• 弾(だん)丸(がん) (dangan)
  • 弾(だん)丸(がん)黒(こく)子(し) (dangan kokushi)
• 弾(だん)弓(きゅう) (dankyū)
• 弾(だん)糾(きゅう) (dankyū)
• 弾(だん)鋏(きょう) (dankyō)
• 弾(だん)琴(きん) (dankin)
• 弾(だん)痕(こん) (dankon)
• 弾(だん)指(し) (danshi)
• 弾(だん)糸(し) (danshi)
• 弾(だん)詞(し) (danshi)
• 弾(だん)射(しゃ) (dansha)
• 弾(だん)蹴(しゅう) (danshū)
• 弾(だん)正(じょう) (danjō)
  • 弾(だん)正(じょう)台(だい) (danjōdai)
• 弾(だん)正(せい) (dansei)
• 弾(だん)性(せい) (dansei)
• 弾(だん)奏(そう) (dansō)
• 弾(だん)倉(そう) (dansō)
• 弾(だん)創(そう) (dansō)
• 弾(だん)帯(たい) (dantai)
• 弾(だん)着(ちゃく) (danchaku)
• 弾(だん)頭(とう) (dantō)
• 弾(だん)道(どう) (dandō)
• 弾(だん)文(ぶん) (danbun)
• 弾(だん)幕(まく) (danmaku)
• 弾(だん)薬(やく) (dan'yaku)
• 弾(だん)糧(りょう) (danryō)
• 弾(だん)力(りょく) (danryoku)
• 散(さん)弾(だん), 霰(さん)弾(だん) (sandan): shot
• 銃(じゅう)弾(だん) (jūdan)
• 爆(ばく)弾(だん) (bakudan): bomb
• 葡(ぶ)萄(どう)弾(だん) (budōdan): grapeshot
• 魔(ま)弾(だん) (madan)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
弾
だん Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
彈 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 彈 (MC dan|danH).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “classifier is calque from European?”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dã̠ɴ]

Counter

弾(だん) • (-dan) ^{←だん (-dan)?}

1. round (stage)

   クラウドファンディング第二(だいに)弾(だん)

   kuraudofandingu dai-ni-dan

   second round of crowdfunding

See also

• 回(かい) (kai)

Affix

弾(だん) • (dan) ^{←だん (dan)?}

1. projectile

Derived terms

Japanese terms prefixed with 弾