檀

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		檀
alternative forms		枟 second round simplified

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 檀
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (旦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
皽	*tjaʀ, *tanʔ, *tjanʔ
担	*taːnʔ
胆	*daːn, *daːn
疸	*taːnʔ, *taːns
觛	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *daːnʔ
亶	*taːnʔ
嬗	*taːnʔ, *tʰaːn, *djans
笪	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
狚	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
旦	*taːns
鴠	*taːns
譠	*tʰaːn, *rteːn
坦	*tʰaːnʔ
但	*daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns
檀	*daːn
壇	*daːn
儃	*daːn, *djan
驙	*daːn, *tan
袒	*daːnʔ, *rdeːns
襢	*daːnʔ, *tanʔ, *tans
繵	*daːnʔ
膻	*daːnʔ
澶	*daːns, *djan
邅	*tan, *danʔ, *dans
鱣	*tan
饘	*tjan, *tjanʔ
旜	*tjan
氈	*tjan
鸇	*tjan
顫	*tjans
蟺	*djanʔ
擅	*djans
羶	*hljan
呾	*taːd, *ʔraːd
怛	*taːd
妲	*taːd
靼	*taːd, *tjad
炟	*taːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *daːn) : semantic 木 + phonetic 亶 (OC *taːnʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tán (tan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taan⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tân / tôaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tán
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan²
    • Yale: tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarn
    • Palladius: тань (tanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: taan⁴
    • Yale: tàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tân
    • Tâi-lô: tân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daan
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /tan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tôaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tuânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvoaa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tuã²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tuã¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /tuã²⁴/

Note:

• tân - literary;
• tôaⁿ - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: tang⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dan

Rime
Character	檀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒干切
Baxter	dan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dan/
Li Rong	/dɑn/
Wang Li	/dɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*daːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	檀
Reading #	1/1
No.	2062
Phonetic component	旦
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	壇
Old Chinese	/*daːn/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 檀

1. Name of several kind of plants, including:
   1. 紫檀 (zǐtán, “Pterocarpus indicus”)
   2. 青檀 (“Pteroceltis tatarinowii”)
   3. 黃檀／黄檀 (huángtán, “Dalbergia hupeana”)
   4. Short for 旃檀 (“Santalum album”), also known as 檀香 (tánxiāng)
2. purple-red
3. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

檀

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: だん (dan)
• Kan-on: たん (tan)
• Kun: まゆみ (mayumi, 檀)

Compounds

• 白檀(びゃくだん) (byakudan): Indian sandalwood (Santalum album)

Kanji in this term
檀
まゆみ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

• 真弓, 檀弓

Noun

檀(まゆみ) or 檀(マユミ) • (mayumi) 

2. a bow made from the wood of

Proper noun

檀(だん) • (Dan) 

1. a surname

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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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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 檀 (đàn, trầm)

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