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檀
檀
Translingual
Han character
檀 (radical 75 木+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 木卜田一 (DYWM), four-corner 40916, composition ⿰木亶)
- sandalwood, hardwood
- 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
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
檀 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 檀
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| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (旦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 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, OC *daːn) : semantic 木 + phonetic 亶 (OC *taːnʔ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ
- Wade-Giles: t'an2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tanr
- IPA (key): /tʰa̠n³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: taan4
- Yale: tàahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: taan4
- IPA (key): /tʰɑːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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
檀
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
檀
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Compounds
- 白檀 (byakudan): Indian sandalwood (Santalum album)
| Kanji in this term |
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| 檀 |
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まゆみ Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
Pronunciation
- Kun'yomi
- (Tokyo) まゆみ [màyúmí] (Heiban - [0])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) まゆみ [máꜜyùmì] (Atamadaka - [1])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [ma̠jɯᵝmi]
Alternative forms
- 真弓, 檀弓
Noun
檀 (hiragana まゆみ, katakana マユミ, romaji mayumi)
- Euonymus hamiltonianus
- a bow made from the wood of Euonymus hamiltonianus
Proper noun
- A surname.
References
- 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
Korean
Hanja
檀 • (dan) (hangeul 단, revised dan, McCune-Reischauer tan, Yale tan)
- (박달나무): birch
- (단향목): sandalwood
Synonyms
Compounds
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Vietnamese
Han character
檀 (đàn, trầm)
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