檀
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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
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
檀 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd round simp. | 枟 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 檀 | |
|---|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 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
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tán
- Wade–Giles: tʻan2
- Yale: tán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarn
- Palladius: тань (tanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: taan4
- Yale: tàahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: taan4
- Guangdong Romanization: tan4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thàn
- Hakka Romanization System: tanˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: tan2
- Sinological IPA: /tʰan¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
Note:
- tân - literary;
- tôaⁿ - vernacular.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: tang5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâng
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaŋ⁵⁵/
- Middle Chinese: dan
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*daːn/
Definitions
檀
- Name of several kind of plants, including:
- 紫檀 (zǐtán, “Pterocarpus indicus”)
- 青檀 (“Pteroceltis tatarinowii”)
- 黃檀／黄檀 (huángtán, “Dalbergia hupeana”)
- Short for 旃檀 (“Santalum album”), also known as 檀香 (tánxiāng)
- purple-red
- a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Compounds
- 黒檀 (kokutan)
- 紫檀 (shitan)
- 白檀 (byakudan): Indian sandalwood (Santalum album)
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 檀 |
| だん Jinmeiyō |
| goon |
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Pronunciation
Noun
Proper noun
- a surname
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 檀 |
| たん Jinmeiyō |
| kan'on |
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Pronunciation
Noun
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Etymology 3
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 檀 |
| まゆみ Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 檀 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 檀, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
References
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 檀 (MC dan).
| Historical Readings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading | ||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | 딴 (Yale: ttàn) | |
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
Hanja
檀 (eumhun 박달나무 단 (bakdallamu dan))
- hanja form? of 단 (“birch tree”)
- hanja form? of 단 (“sandalwood tree”)
- hanja form? of 단 (“short for Dangun”)
- hanja form? of 단 (“dana (Buddhism)”)
Compounds
Compounds
- 단가 (檀家, dan'ga, “household giving dana”)
- 단군 (檀君, Dan'gun, “Dangun”)
- 단궁 (檀弓, dan'gung, “birch bow”)
- 단기 (檀紀, dan'gi, “Dangun era”)
- 단도 (檀徒, dando, “those who give dana”)
- 단상 (檀像, dansang, “wooden Buddha”)
- 단시 (檀施, dansi, “dana”)
- 단목 (檀木, danmok, “birch”)
- 단향 (檀香, danhyang, “sandalwood”)
- 단향목 (檀香木, danhyangmok, “sandalwood”)
- 백단 (白檀, baekdan, “white sandalwood”)
- 자단 (紫檀, jadan, “rosewood”)
- 전단 (栴檀, jeondan, “sandalwood”)
- 진단 (震檀, Jindan, “Korea”)
- 흑단 (黑檀, heukdan, “black sandalwood”)
- 백단향 (白檀香, baekdanhyang, “white sandalwood”)
- 경지전단 (瓊枝旃檀, gyeongjijeondan, “virtuous man of talent”)
- 단군왕검 (檀君王儉, Dan'gunwanggeom, “Dangun”)
Vietnamese
Han character
檀: Hán Nôm readings: đàn, trầm
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