歎

Information about character(s)

Radical: 欠
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 15
Variants: 嘆

Pronunciation

Pinyin: tàn
Cantonese: taan3
JapaneseKun: NAGEKU
JapaneseOn: TAN
Korean: THAN
Vietnamese: thán

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: sigh, admire

CE-Dict: variant of 嘆|叹[tan4]

Soothill: To praise; to sigh.

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《欠部》歎吟也。从欠，𪅀省聲。

康熙字典文字版 【辰集下】【欠字部】歎
【玉篇】他旦切【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】他案切，𠀤音炭。【說文】吟也。【禮·檀弓】戚斯歎。【疏】歎，吟息也。憤恚轉深，故因發吟息也。【禮·曲禮】當食不歎，臨樂不歎。　又稱美曰歎。【禮·郊特牲】卒爵而樂闋，孔子屢歎之。【註】歎，美也。　又讚和曰歎。謂歌尾曳聲以助也。【禮·樂記】壹倡而三歎。通作嘆。　又【集韻】【韻會】他干切【正韻】他丹切，𠀤音攤。義同。【詩·大雅】旣順廼宣，而無永歎。【釋文】歎，他安反。又【楚辭·九思】日瞥瞥兮西沒，道遐廻兮阻歎。志稸積兮未通，悵惝罔兮自憐。【曹大家·東征賦】涉封丘而踐路兮，慕京師而竊歎。小人性之懷土兮，自書傳而有焉。俱从平聲讀。古寒、先、刪三韻通。【說文】本作〈𡏳欠〉。籀文作𣥁。

Buddhism words and phrases admiration, applause, praising

CF-Dict: soupirer/admirer

Han-De-Dict: säuseln (u.E.)