壇
podium, stage, rostrum, terrace
Readings
On'yomi
- ダン
- タン
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
壇 centers on a raised platform for public speaking or ceremony: a podium, stage, rostrum, or terrace.
Most common words using 壇
20 of 43- 登壇とうだん
taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.
- 壇だんN1
platform; podium; rostrum; pulpit
- 祭壇さいだん
altar
- 仏壇ぶつだん
Buddhist (household) altar
- 花壇かだんN1
flower bed
- 壇上だんじょう
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
- 土壇場どたんば
last moment; eleventh hour
- 教壇きょうだん
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
- ひな壇ひなだん
tiered doll stand (for hina dolls)
- 論壇ろんだん
rostrum; the world of criticism
- 独壇場どくだんじょう
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity; one's monopoly
- 戒壇かいだん
ordination platform
- 文壇ぶんだん
literary world; literary circles
- 演壇えんだん
rostrum; platform
- 画壇がだん
artists' world; painting circles
- 基壇きだん
platform on which a structure is built; stylobate; foundation
- 俳壇はいだん
the world of the haiku
- 歌壇かだん
poetry circles
- 楽壇がくだん
musical world
- 六祖壇経ろくそだんきょう
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch; Platform Sutra
Study
Etymology
壇 combines 土 (earth) with 亶, which likely contributes the sound. The earth radical suggests a raised earthen platform.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 土 is earth, and the right side 亶 looks like a structure with a top and base. Picture a raised earthen platform built for a speaker to stand on.
Reading mnemonic
For ダン, imagine a speaker standing on the podium and giving a speech that begins with a dramatic 'Dan!' sound: Dan -> ダン.