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Kotomora

壇

podium, stage, rostrum, terrace

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes16

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

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  • 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

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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.