誕生日

Japanese
Kanji in this term
誕 生 日
たん
Grade: 6		 しょう > じょう
Grade: 1		 ひ > び
Grade: 1
kan’on goon kun’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) たんじょ​ーび [tàńjóꜜòbì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [tã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ːbʲi]

Etymology 1

Compound of 誕生 (tanjō, “birth”) +‎ 日 (hi, “day”).

The hi reading for 日 changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Alternative forms
  • (honorific) お誕生日(たんじょうび) (o-tanjōbi)

Noun

誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び) • (tanjōbi) ←たんじやうび (tanzyaubi)?

  1. a birthday
    Synonyms: 誕辰 (tanshin), バースデー (bāsudē)
    Antonyms: 忌日 (kinichi), 命日 (meinichi)
Derived terms
  • 聖(せい)名(めい)祝(しゅく)日(じつ) (seimei shukujitsu)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
誕 生 日
たん
Grade: 6		 しょう > じょう
Grade: 1		 にち
Grade: 1
kan’on goon

From 誕生 (tanjō, “birth”) +‎ 日 (-nichi, counter for day of a month).

Noun

誕(たん)生(じょう)日(にち) • (tanjōnichi) ←たんじやうにち (tanzyauniti)?

  1. (rare) a birthday

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
誕生日

Noun

誕生日 • (tansaeng'il) (hangeul 탄생일)

  1. Hanja form? of 탄생일 (“a birthday”).

Usage notes
  • 誕生日 (탄생일) is only used in modern Korean when discussing the birthdate/birthday of an important figure. Nonetheless, it can be recognized more as a general word for birthday by the elderly in South Korea, especially the word 誕生 (탄생).
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