檀越

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (檀越)		檀	越

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दानपति (dānapati, “lord of alms”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tányuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taan⁴ jyut⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tân-oa̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tányuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tányuè
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan²-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: tán-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarnyueh
    • Palladius: таньюэ (tanʹjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taan⁴ jyut⁶
    • Yale: tàahn yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taan⁴ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tan⁴ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːn²¹ jyːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tân-oa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tân-ua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dan'oat
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tan²⁴⁻²² uat̚⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tan²⁴⁻²² uat̚²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan¹³⁻²² uat̚¹²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tan²⁴⁻¹¹ uat̚⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan²³⁻³³ uat̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: dan hjwot

Rime
Character	檀	越
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	徒干切	王伐切
Baxter	dan	hjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑn/	/ɦʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑn/	/ɦʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑn/	/ɣiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dan/	/ɦuat̚/
Li Rong	/dɑn/	/ɣiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/dɑn/	/ɣĭwɐt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑn/	/i̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tán	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taan4	jyut6

Noun

檀越

1. (Buddhism) alms giver; benefactor; patron

Japanese

Kanji in this term
檀	越
だん Jinmeiyō	えつ Grade: S
goon	kan'on

Kanji in this term
檀	越
だに Jinmeiyō	おち Grade: S
irregular	goon

Kanji in this term
檀	越
だん Jinmeiyō	おち Grade: S
goon

Kanji in this term
檀	越
だん Jinmeiyō	おつ > のつ Grade: S
goon	kan'yōon

Kanji in this term
檀	越
だん Jinmeiyō	おつ Grade: S
goon	kan'yōon

Etymology

From Old Japanese 檀越 (daniwoti) (万葉集 (Man'yōshū), 3847th poem), from Middle Chinese 檀越 (dan hjwot), from Sanskrit दानपति (dānapati, literally “lord of alms”). The earliest readings in Old Japanese were daniwoti and danawoti; danwotu was acquired later in Early Middle Japanese, with the more systematic adoption of Literary Chinese. The otsu changes to notsu as an instance of renjō (連(れん)声(じょう)). See also 旦那 (danna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dã̠ɰ̃o̞t͡sɨ]
• (Tokyo) だんおつ [dàń'ótsú] (Heiban – [0])

• IPA^(key): [dã̠nːo̞t͡sɨ]
• (Tokyo) だんのつ [dàńnótsú] (Heiban – [0])

• IPA^(key): [dã̠ɰ̃o̞t͡ɕi]
• (Tokyo) だんおち [dàń'óchí] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

檀(だん)越(おつ) or 檀(だん)越(のつ) • (dan'otsu or dannotsu) ^{←だんをつ (dan'wotu)?}
檀(だん)越(おち) • (dan'ochi) ^{←だんをち (dan'woti)?}
檀(だに)越(おち) • (daniochi) ^{←だにをち (daniwoti)?}
檀(だん)越(えつ) • (dan'etsu) ^{←だんゑつ (dan'wetu)?}

1. (Buddhism) a benefactor or a patron to a temple

References

• “^▲檀^△越”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026