Kanji1 / 17
檀 kanji
cedar, sandalwood, spindle tree
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 17
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
On readings
ダンタン
Kun readings
まゆみ
Words with 檀
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —檀君mythical founder of Korea
- —白檀Indian sandalwood (Santalum album); white sandalwood
- —檀徒temple supporter
- —檀家family which supports a temple; parishioner
- —栴檀chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach); Indian sandalwood (Santalum album)
- —檀尻decorative portable shrine; float used in festivals
- —檀越alms-giver; person who donates to a monk or a temple; dana-pati
- —阿檀umbrella tree (Pandanus odorifer); fragrant screw pine; kewda
- —檀林Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple; Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person); Danrin school (of haikai poetry)
- —離檀severing the relationship between a temple and its supporters
- —檀紙fine crepe paper
- —檀香Indian sandalwood (Santalum album)
- —白檀油sandalwood oil
- —檀那寺one's family temple
- —檀香梅blunt-lobed spice bush (Lindera obtusiloba)
- —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
- —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)
- —栴檀は双葉より芳しgenius shows from childhood; the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout
- —檀那master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; master; governor; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy; alms; almsgiving; almsgiver