檀 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

cedar, sandalwood, spindle tree

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ダン
  • タン
Kun (native)
  • まゆみ
Other languages
  • 拼音tan2
  • 한글dan
  • Hán-ViệtĐàn

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6A80

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木亶

Words using this kanji

  • 檀君だんくんmythical founder of Korea
  • 檀徒だんと檀家の人達。檀方。temple supporter
  • 檀家だんか(仏教)特定の寺院に属し、その寺院に布施をするなどして寺院を維持するとともに、葬儀や先祖の供養などをしてもらう俗家。family which supports a temple, parishioner
  • 檀尻だんじりdecorative portable shrine, float used in festivals
  • 檀越だんおつ檀那。檀家。施主。alms-giver, person who donates to a monk or a temple, dana-pati
  • 檀林だんりん栴檀林の略。 おもに江戸時代、仏教の僧侶の養成、学問研究を行う寺院。Buddhist center for study and meditation, monastery, temple, Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person)
  • 檀紙だんしを原料としたとされる和紙。厚手でしわのある紙。fine crepe paper
  • 檀香だんこうIndian sandalwood (Santalum album)
  • 檀那寺だんなでら檀家となりその家の墓があり、仏事を依頼する寺院。菩提寺。one's family temple
  • 檀香梅だんこうばいblunt-lobed spice bush (Lindera obtusiloba)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(22 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-13
Four Corner
4091.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a13.11
Heisig
2585
Nelson
2386