誕 — kanji meaning “nativity”
誕
nativity, be born, declension, lie, be arbitrary
- Meanings
- nativity, be born, declension, lie, be arbitrary
- On'yomi
- タン (tan)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1024 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 149
- Chinese reading
- dàn — Chinese character page
Words with 誕
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 誕生 | たんじょう tanjou | birth (of a person); nativity |
| 生誕 | せいたん seitan | birth (esp. of a famous person); nativity |
| 爆誕 | ばくたん bakutan | sudden emergence; sudden formation; coming out of nowhere |
| 誕生石 | たんじょうせき tanjouseki | birthstone |
| 降誕 | こうたん koutan | birth (of a saint, monarch, etc.); nativity |
| 聖誕祭 | せいたんさい seitansai | Christmas |
| 降誕祭 | こうたんさい koutansai | Christmas; Nativity |
| 誕生日 | たんじょうび tanjoubi | birthday |
| お誕生日 | おたんじょうび otanjoubi | birthday |
| 再誕 | さいたん saitan | rebirth; reincarnation |
| 初誕生 | はつたんじょう hatsutanjou | first birthday |
| 生誕百年 | せいたんひゃくねん seitanhyakunen | 100th birthday anniversary |
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