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Kanji Detail for 檀 - "sandalwood, fragrant, wood"

檀

  • Meaning

    檀 means "sandalwood, fragrant, wood."

    1. Sandalwood - A fragrant wood used in incense.

    2. Elm tree - A deciduous tree.

    3. Aromatic wood - Wood with pleasant fragrance.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    cedar; sandalwood; spindle tree

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sandalwood, hardwood; surname

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Tan

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    sandalwood, hardwood; surname

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Name of a tree. Height is one to two zhang. The timber can be used for wheel spokes and handles of axes and hammers. Also white sandalwood and yellow sandalwood, produced in Lingnan and India, have a strong fragrance, also called sandalwood (檀香), used for incense and making small objects. Also, red sandalwood (紫檀) is heavy and dense, used for various implements, quite precious. Buddhists call benefactors 檀那 (Dana), also written as 檀越. Pan Yue's childhood name was Tannu. Li He's poem has the line "Where do Tanlang and Xie-nü sleep?" Hence, it has been used as a term for handsome men. | A light ochre color. One of the seventy-two colors in painting manuals.
  • Onyomitip

    dan(だん) だん

    tan(たん) たん

  • Kunyomitip

    mayumi(まゆみ) まゆみ

  • Strokestip

    17 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords
    sandalwood fragrant aromatic wood incense tree elm sacred spiritual precious noble scent perfume valuable Buddhist temple ceremony refined exotic lasting

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