彈

Information about character(s)

Radical: 弓
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 15
Simplified Form: 弹

Pronunciation

Pinyin: dàn, tán
Cantonese: daan6 taan4
JapaneseKun: TAMA HAZUMU HIKU
JapaneseOn: DAN
Korean: THAN
Vietnamese: đàn

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: pellet, bullet, shot, shell

CE-Dict: to pluck (a string)/to play (a string instrument)/to spring or leap/to shoot (e.g. with a catapult)/(of cotton) to fluff or tease/to flick/to flip/to accuse/to impeach/elastic (of materials)

Soothill: A bullet, shot; to strum, snap; repress, impeach; translit. dan (दन्).

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a ball; a pellet
2.a bullet; a shell
3.a bomb
tan
ㄊㄢ@
1.to flip
2.to shoot
3.to spring
4.to pluck or play a string instrument

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: ball; bomb; flip; pellet; play; shoot; spring
【醫】 bomb; bullet

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: ball; bomb; flip; pellet; shoot; spring

湘雅醫學專業詞典: bomb;bullet

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《弓部》彈行丸也。从弓單聲。

康熙字典文字版 【寅集下】【弓字部】彈
〔古文〕𢎝【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】徒案切【正韻】杜晏切，𠀤音憚。【玉篇】行丸也。【吳越春秋】彈生於古之孝子。孝子不忍見父母爲禽獸所食，故作彈以守之。【李尤·彈銘】昔之造彈，起意弦木。以彈爲矢，合竹爲樸。　又彈丸，喻小也。【史記·虞卿傳】此彈丸之地。　又鬼彈。【水經注】永昌郡北山水傍，瘴氣特惡，氣中有物，不見其形，其作有聲，中木則折，中人則害，名曰鬼彈。　又【廣韻】徒干切【集韻】【韻會】唐干切【正韻】唐闌切，𠀤音檀。【廣韻】射也。【集韻】彈丸射也。【左傳·宣二年】晉靈公從臺上彈人，而觀其避丸也。　又擊也。【史記·孟嘗君傳】馮驩彈其劒而歌。　又【韻會】鼓爪曰彈。【屈原·漁父】新沐者必彈冠。【史記·五帝紀】舜彈五絃之琴。　又【廣韻】糾也。【增韻】劾也。【周禮·地官·里宰註】街彈之室。【疏】漢時在街置室，檢彈一里之民。【後漢·史弼傳】州司不敢彈糾。　又掉也。【周禮·冬官考工記】句兵欲無彈。【註】句兵，戈戟屬。彈謂掉也。　又彈棊。【西京雜記】成帝好蹴踘，羣臣以爲勞。帝曰：可擇似而不勞者奏之。家君作彈棊以獻。　又叶徒沿切，音田。【陸機·文賦】抱景者咸叩，懷響者必彈。或因枝以振葉，或沿波以討源。又𢎚字。

CF-Dict: jouer du piano ou d'un instrument à corde/lancer/sauter/élastique