Hanja Analyzer
壇

壇 — dan

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
단 단
Romanization
dan
English
altar; arena, examination hall
Mandarin
tán
Japanese on'yomi
ダン, タン, セン, ゼン
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,512 of 2,500
Strokes
16
Radical
土 (32, 13 residual)
Phonetic component
亶
Unicode
U+58C7

Parts that make up 壇

  • 土 흙 토, 뿌리 두 땅 위에 쌓인 흙더미흙·땅과 그 위에 세운 것
  • 亶 진실로 단sound 곳집에 곡식을 채운 모양‘단·전’ 계열의 소리

How 壇 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 壇 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 土, 亶.

Korean example words with 壇

  • 논단論壇 Korean gloss: 논객들의 사회
  • 석단石壇 Korean gloss: 돌로 만든 단
  • 평단評壇 Korean gloss: 비평가의 사회
  • 악단樂壇 Korean gloss: 음악가들의 사회
  • 가단歌壇 Korean gloss: 노래하는 사람의 모임
  • 문단文壇 Korean gloss: 문인(文人)들의 사회
  • 소단騷壇 Korean gloss: 문인(文人)들의 사회
  • 단상壇上 Korean gloss: 교단이나 강단 따위의 위
  • 신단神壇 Korean gloss: 신령에게 제사 지내는 단
  • 단하壇下 Korean gloss: 교단이나 강단 따위의 단 아래
  • 묘단廟壇 Korean gloss: 묘 앞에 두둑하게 높이 쌓은 단
  • 고단高壇 Korean gloss: 높이 쌓은 단. 특히 제단을 이른다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 壇

  • 土壇場どたんば last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
  • 壇だん platform; podium; rostrum
  • 壇上だんじょう on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
  • 演壇えんだん rostrum; platform
  • 教壇きょうだん (teacher's) platform; podium; dais
  • 祭壇さいだん altar
  • 仏壇ぶつだん Buddhist (household) altar
  • 文壇ぶんだん literary world; literary circles
  • 花壇かだん flower bed
  • 画壇がだん artists' world; painting circles
  • 俳壇はいだん the world of the haiku
  • 独壇場どくだんじょう field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity; one's monopoly

Characters sharing the phonetic 亶

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “단”

Other hanja with radical 土

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