膻

膻 · shān / dàn

a rank odor; a technical term from Chinese medicine for the center of the chest

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
shān · dàn
Cantonese
zin1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a rank odor; a technical term from Chinese medicine for the center of the chest

Dictionary definitions & readings

膻 shān · (old) a flock of sheep or goats; variant of 膻 shān

膻 shān · variant of 膻 shān

膻 dàn · used in 膻中 dàn zhōng

膻 shān · fetid; gamy; rank; (esp.) hircine

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
32117.090:dàn,shān Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0995.010:shān Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
066.050:dàn 324.120:shān Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
shān粵zin1 dàn粵taan2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
タン ダン セン Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
徒旱 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
BYWM Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7021.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0995.190 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
284.24 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0148r Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+81BB
Radical
肉 · 130
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6273

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
膻
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
danX · 徒旱 · 山開一上寒定 · #1554

PHONO-ML, source line 10500; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1104.403
kDaeJaweon
1446.310
kGSR
0148r
kHanYu
32117.090
kIRGDaeJaweon
1446.310
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
32117.090
kIRGKangXi
0995.190
kKangXi
0995.190
kMorohashi
29929
kSBGY
284.24
kSMSZD2003Index
561.13
kCangjie
BYWM
kFourCornerCode
7021.6
kMojiJoho
MJ021241
kPhonetic
1298
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
BGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-6B7E
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EDE8
kIRG_JSource
J13-7A54
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6BE9
kIRG_KSource
K2-5627
kIRG_TSource
T2-5E55
kRSUnicode
130.13
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
EDE8
kCCCII
227A37
kCNS1986
2-5E55
kCNS1992
2-5E55
kEACC
227A37
kGB0
7594
kGB1
7594
kJIS0213
1,90,52
kJis1
5452
kMainlandTelegraph
5238
kTGH
2013:6273
kTaiwanTelegraph
5238
kXerox
313:163
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17057+130.4.13
kCantonese
zin1
kDefinition
a rank odor; a technical term from Chinese medicine for the center of the chest
kFanqie
徒旱
kHanyuPinyin
32117.090:dàn,shān
kJapanese
タン ダン セン
kJapaneseKun
KIMO
kJapaneseOn
TAN
kMandarin
shān
kSMSZD2003Readings
shān粵zin1 dàn粵taan2
kTGHZ2013
066.050:dàn 324.120:shān
kXHC1983
0995.010:shān
kSpecializedSemanticVariant
U+7FB6

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Structure & connections

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8dictionary records using 膻0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
月 beside 亶 · the shape used in China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰月亶$(GJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰月亶$(GJKP)

^⿰⺼亶$(HT)

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