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檀

tán

Character

What 檀 means

1. sandalwood
2. hardwood
3. purple-red

Other readings

檀 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Tánsurname Tan

Words starting with 檀

• 檀香tán xiāngsandalwood
• 檀君Tán jūnTangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC
• 檀越tán yuè(Buddhism) benefactor (designation of a lay person by a monk)
• 檀君王Tán jūn wángTangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC
• 檀香山Tán xiāng shānHonolulu, capital of Hawaii; also transliterated as 火奴鲁鲁
• 檀中tán zhōngsee 膻中

Words containing 檀

• 紫檀zǐ tánred sandalwood
• 青檀qīng tánblue sandalwood (Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim), the bark of which is used to manufacture…
• 青檀树qīng tán shùblue sandalwood (Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim), the bark of which is used to manufacture…
• 微凹黄檀wēi āo huáng táncocobolo (Dalbergia retusa)
• 旃檀zhān tánsandalwood (loanword from Sanskrit "candana")
• 栴檀zhān tánsandalwood

Characters built on 亶

These share the phonetic component 亶 (dǎn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 擅shànwithout authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself
• 颤chànto tremble; to shiver; to shake
• 嬗shàn(literary) to go through successive changes; to evolve
• 膻shān(old) a flock of sheep or goats; variant of 膻
• 澶chánstill (as of water); still water
• 襢zhànunadorned but elegant dress

Characters that look like 檀

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 穆mùsolemn; reverent; calm
• 擅shànwithout authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself
• 磺huángsulfur
• 橘júmandarin orange (Citrus reticulata); tangerine
• 缰jiāngbridle; reins; halter
• 璞púunpolished gem

Sounds the same

Read tán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 谈to speak; to talk; to converse
• 坛altar; platform; rostrum; (bound form) (sporting, literary etc) circles; world
• 潭deep pool; pond; pit (dialect)
• 痰phlegm; spittle
• 弹to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap
• 昙dark clouds
• 覃deep
• 倓quiet; peaceful
• 黮black, dark; unclear; private
• 惔to burn
• 榃raised path between fields
• 锬long spear