檀
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sandalwood; hardwood; purple-red
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 木 +13
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 檀
- Common rank
- #2,908
- Unicode
- U+6A80
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Formation & memory
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Words with 檀
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 檀香山 | Honolulu, capital of Hawaii; also transliterated as 火奴魯魯|火奴鲁鲁 | |
| 青檀树 | blue sandalwood (Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim), the bark of which is used to manufacture … | |
| 微凹黄檀 | cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa) | |
| 檀君王 | Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC | |
| 檀中 | see 膻中[dan4 zhong1] | |
| 檀香 | sandalwood | |
| 青檀 | blue sandalwood (Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim), the bark of which is used to manufacture … | |
| 檀越 | (Buddhism) benefactor (designation of a lay person by a monk) | |
| 紫檀 | red sandalwood | |
| 檀君 | Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC | |
| 旃檀 | sandalwood (loanword from Sanskrit "candana") | |
| 栴檀 | sandalwood |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 亶 — compare how they read.