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 (Jyutping taan4, Yale taan4)

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Japanese

Kanji

檀

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

檀 (dan) (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)

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