檀

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 木 + phonetic 亶

Han character

檀 (radical 75 木+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 木卜田一 (DYWM), four-corner 4091₆)

1. sandalwood, hardwood
2. used as a surname

References

• KangXi: page 555, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15632
• Dae Jaweon: page 945, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1305, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6A80

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Cantonese

Hanzi

檀 (Yale taan4)

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Japanese

Kanji

檀

Readings

• On: たん (tan), だん (dan)
• Kun: まゆみ (mayumi)

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Korean

Hanja

檀 (hangeul 단, revised dan, McCune-Reischauer tan, Yale tan)

1. (박달나무): birch
2. (단향목): sandalwood

Synonyms

1. (birch): 橽, 樺
2. (sandalwood): 栴, 楝, 栲, 栝

Compounds

檀君 (단군, dangun) Dangun 檀紀 (단기, dangi) Dangun era 檀木 (단목, danmog) birch 檀香 (단향, danhyang) sandalwood 檀香木 (단향목, danhyangmog) sandalwood

白檀 (백단, baegdan) white sandalwood 栴檀 (전단, jeondan) sandalwood 紫檀 (자단, jadan) rosewood 黑檀 (흑단, heugdan) ebony

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Mandarin

Hanzi

檀 (pinyin tán (tan2), Wade-Giles t'an²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

檀 (đàn, trầm)