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栴檀

zhān tán

2-character word

What 栴檀 means

1. sandalwood

The characters in 栴檀

• 栴zhānused in 栴檀
• 檀tánsandalwood; hardwood; purple-red

Sounds the same

Read zhān tán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 旃檀sandalwood (loanword from Sanskrit "candana")

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