誕

音読おんよみ: タン

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 15

部首ぶしゅ: ごんべん(訁)

Meaning

Birth / Nativity / Creation

  • 誕生たんじょう — birth
  • 誕生日たんじょうび — birthday
  • 生誕せいたん — (commemorative / formal) birth

誕 combines 言 (words/speech) and 延 (extend). It originally described words about someone’s coming into being, and came to mean “birth” in ceremonial or formal contexts.

It’s a 5th-grade 教育漢字, often seen in 誕生 and 誕生日.

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