檀
sandalwood; hardwood; purple-red
17 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,908 U+6A80
How 檀 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 亶 (phonetic, dǎn)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 亶
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 亶 (dǎn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亶 sound component | dǎn | real, sincere, true; truth |
| 颤 | chàn | to shiver, to tremble; trembling |
| 擅 | shàn | to claim, to monopolize; arbitrary |
| 膻 | shān | a flock of sheep; a rank odor |
| 嬗 | shàn | succession to the throne |
| 鳣 | zhān | sturgeon |
| 澶 | chán | still water; tranquil, placid |
Words containing 檀
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 檀香山 | Tán xiāng shān | Honolulu, capital of Hawaii; also transliterated as 火奴魯魯|火奴鲁鲁 |
| 青檀树 | qīng tán shù | blue sandalwood (Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim), the bark of which is used to manufacture … |
| 微凹黄檀 | wēi āo huáng tán | cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa) |
| 檀君王 | Tán jūn wáng | Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC |
| 檀中 | tán zhōng | see 膻中[dan4 zhong1] |
| 檀香 | tán xiāng | sandalwood |
| 青檀 | qīng tán | blue sandalwood (Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim), the bark of which is used to manufacture … |
| 檀越 | tán yuè | (Buddhism) benefactor (designation of a lay person by a monk) |
| 紫檀 | zǐ tán | red sandalwood |
| 檀君 | Tán jūn | Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC |
| 旃檀 | zhān tán | sandalwood (loanword from Sanskrit "candana") |
| 栴檀 | zhān tán | sandalwood |