诞
Tap the pinyin to hear it
birth; birthday; brag; boast; to increase
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 言 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 誕
- Common rank
- #1,941
- Unicode
- U+8BDE
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
nativity · Heisig RSH #397
延 prolong + words
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 诞
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圣诞老人 | Father Christmas; Santa Claus | |
| 怪诞不经 | uncanny; unbelievable; ridiculous; outrageous | |
| 圣诞快乐 | Merry Christmas | |
| 圣诞花 | poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) | |
| 圣诞红 | poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) | |
| 荒诞不经 | absurd; preposterous; ridiculous | |
| 毛诞节 | Mao Zedong’s birthday, December 26th | |
| 圣诞卡 | Christmas card | |
| 圣诞节 | Christmas time; Christmas season; Christmas | |
| 圣诞岛 | Christmas Island, Australia | |
| 佛诞日 | Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th Lunar month) | |
| 圣诞树 | Christmas tree | |
| 诞生 | to be born | |
| 放诞不拘 | wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute | |
| 圣诞前夕 | Christmas eve | |
| 华诞 | (formal) birthday; anniversary of the founding of an organization | |
| 放诞 | untrammeled; reckless; wanton | |
| 耶诞节 | (Tw) Christmas | |
| 圣诞 | Christmas; birthday of reigning Emperor; Confucius' birthday | |
| 圣诞帽 | Santa hat |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 延 — compare how they read.