担

See also: 擔

担 U+62C5, 担 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62C5 ← 拄 [U+62C4] CJK Unified Ideographs 拆 → [U+62C6]

Translingual

Japanese	担
Simplified	担
Traditional	擔

Han character

担 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手日一 (QAM), composition ⿰扌旦)

Derived characters

• 𠵆, 𦏄, 𭡹, 𭻛

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 424, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11941
• Dae Jaweon: page 772, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1851, character 4
• Unihan data for U+62C5

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (旦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
皽	*tjaʀ, *tanʔ, *tjanʔ
担	*taːnʔ
胆	*daːn, *daːn
疸	*taːnʔ, *taːns
觛	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *daːnʔ
亶	*taːnʔ
嬗	*taːnʔ, *tʰaːn, *djans
笪	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
狚	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
旦	*taːns
鴠	*taːns
譠	*tʰaːn, *rteːn
坦	*tʰaːnʔ
但	*daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns
檀	*daːn
壇	*daːn
儃	*daːn, *djan
驙	*daːn, *tan
袒	*daːnʔ, *rdeːns
襢	*daːnʔ, *tanʔ, *tans
繵	*daːnʔ
膻	*daːnʔ
澶	*daːns, *djan
邅	*tan, *danʔ, *dans
鱣	*tan
饘	*tjan, *tjanʔ
旜	*tjan
氈	*tjan
鸇	*tjan
顫	*tjans
蟺	*djanʔ
擅	*djans
羶	*hljan
呾	*taːd, *ʔraːd
怛	*taːd
妲	*taːd
靼	*taːd, *tjad
炟	*taːd

Etymology 1

Simplified from 擔 (詹 → 旦). Compare 胆 < 膽 (dǎn). Attested as early as the Yuan dynasty.

Etymology 2

Simplified from 揭 (曷 → 旦).

Etymology 3 and 4

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *taːnʔ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 旦 (OC *taːns).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 担 – see 擔 (“to carry on a shoulder pole; to bear; to shoulder; to undertake; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 擔).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 担 – see 揭 (“to raise; to lift up; to uncover; to unveil; to expose; to reveal; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 揭).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 担 – see 撣 (“to dust ; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 撣).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 担 – see 笪 (“coarse mat made of bamboo; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 笪).

Japanese

Shinjitai	担
Kyūjitai	擔

Kanji

担

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 擔)

1. to carry, to bear, to shoulder
2. raise

Readings

• Go-on: たん (tan, Jōyō)^{←たむ (tamu, historical)}
• Kan-on: たん (tan, Jōyō)^{←たむ (tamu, historical)}
• Kun: かつぐ (katsugu, 担ぐ, Jōyō)、になう (ninau, 担う, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 担(たん)架(か) (tanka, “stretcher; litter”)
• 担(たん)当(とう) (tantō, “responsible (for something)”)
  • 担(たん)当(とう)医(い) (tantōi, “attending physician”)
  • 担(たん)当(とう)者(しゃ) (tantōsha, “person in charge (of something)”)
• 担(たん)任(にん) (tannin, “in charge of a class; teacher”)
• 担(たん)保(ぽ) (tanpo, “collateral”)
• 加(か)担(たん) (katan, “support; assistance; complicity”)
• 負(ふ)担(たん) (futan, “burden”)
• 分(ぶん)担(たん) (buntan, “division of labour”)
• 担(にな)い手(て) (ninaite, “bearer; carrier”)
• 担(にな)い桶(おけ) (ninai oke)
• 担々(たんたん)麺(めん) (tantanmen, “dandan noodles”)

Korean

Hanja

担 • (dan) (hangeul 단, revised dan, McCune–Reischauer tan, Yale tan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

担: Hán Nôm readings: đam, đảm, đẵn, đắn, đẵm, tạ

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