Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

檀: cedar, sandalwood

Also: spindle tree

JLPT N117 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

木 carries the meaning · 亶 is drawn in

17 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ダンdan · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 檀君だんくんmythical founder of Korea
  • 白檀びゃくだんIndian sandalwood (Santalum album)

タンtan · on'yomi

  • 黒檀こくたんebony

Also read まゆみ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
More in the 木 tree story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
木

Also built on tree (木)

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亶

Also built on 亶

Also read ダン

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read タン

22 kanji share this on'yomiAll 22

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
檀 cedar · 木
vs壇 podium · 土
檀 has 木 where 壇 has 土.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tán

Same form: 檀 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
檀 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
檀 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin tán most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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