Kanji
檀
kanji character
cedar
sandalwood
spindle tree
檀 kanji-檀 cedar, sandalwood, spindle tree
檀
Meaning
cedar sandalwood and spindle tree
Readings
Kun'yomi
- こ まゆみ spindle tree (Euonymus alatus f. ciliatodentatus)
On'yomi
- だん な master (of a house, shop, etc.)
- ぶつ だん Buddhist (household) altar
- だん くん mythical founder of Korea
- こく たん ebony
- し たん rosewood
Practice Writing
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Component Analysis
Common Words
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檀 那 master (of a house, shop, etc.)... -
仏 檀 Buddhist (household) altar -
檀 君 mythical founder of Korea -
檀 徒 temple supporter -
檀 家 family which supports a temple, parishioner -
檀 尻 decorative portable shrine, float used in festivals -
檀 越 alms-giver, person who donates to a monk or a temple, dana-pati -
檀 林 Buddhist center for study and meditation, monastery, temple... -
檀 紙 fine crepe paper -
檀 香 Indian sandalwood (Santalum album) -
黒 檀 ebony -
白 檀 Indian sandalwood (Santalum album), white sandalwood -
紫 檀 rosewood, red sandalwood -
小 檀 spindle tree (Euonymus alatus f. ciliatodentatus) -
栴 檀 chinaberry, Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach), Indian sandalwood (Santalum album) -
阿 檀 umbrella tree (Pandanus odorifer), fragrant screw pine, kewda -
離 檀 severing the relationship between a temple and its supporters -
檀 那 寺 one's family temple -
檀 林 派 Danrin school (of haikai poetry) -
檀 林 風 playful style of haikai poetry popularized in the mid-seventeenth century -
檀 香 梅 blunt-lobed spice bush (Lindera obtusiloba) -
白 檀 油 sandalwood oil -
大 檀 那 (one's) father-in-law, (one's) employer, master... -
寺 檀 制 度 system used during the Edo period where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith -
栴 檀 は双 葉 より芳 しgenius shows from childhood, the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout -
十 八 檀 林 eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region) -
関 東 十 八 檀 林 eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)