Kanji

誕

誕

nativity, be born, declension, lie, be arbitrary

Kanji

Grade

Grade 6

Strokes

15 strokes

Radical

言部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

タン

Nanori (Name Reading)

のぶ

Common Readings

タン

Example sentences

誕生日 たんじょうび
私 の 誕生日 は 来週 の 月曜日 です 。

My birthday is next week Monday.

焼く やく
母 の 誕生日 の ため に 、 アップルパイ を 焼きました 。

I baked an apple pie for my mother's birthday.

誕生 たんじょう
新しい 命 の 誕生 を 家族 全員 で 祝った 。

The whole family celebrated the birth of a new life.

解き明かす ときあかす
科学者 たち は 、 ついに 宇宙 の 誕生 の 謎 を 解き明かした 。

Scientists have finally unraveled the mystery of the birth of the universe.

Example Vocabulary

誕生日

たんじょうび

birthday

誕生

たんじょう

birth; creation; formation

誕生日プレゼント

たんじょうびプレゼント

生誕

せいたん

誕生日会

たんじょうびかい

お誕生日おめでとう

おたんじょうびおめでとう

誕生日パーティー

たんじょうびパーティー

誕生会

たんじょうかい

誕生パーティー

たんじょうパーティー

爆誕

ばくたん

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