檀

Meaning

檀 centers on aromatic, durable woods: cedar, sandalwood, and the spindle tree. The common thread is a type of valued wood used for fragrance, carving, or fine objects.

• 檀尻だんじり

  decorative portable shrine; float used in festivals

• 檀家だんか

  family which supports a temple; parishioner

• 紫檀したん

  rosewood; red sandalwood

• 黒檀こくたん

  ebony

• 白檀びゃくだん

  Indian sandalwood (Santalum album); white sandalwood

• 十八檀林じゅうはちだんりん

  eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)

• 寺檀制度じだんせいど

  system used during the Edo period where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith

• 小檀こまゆみ

  spindle tree (Euonymus alatus f. ciliatodentatus)

• 栴檀せんだん

  chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach)

• 栴檀は双葉より芳しせんだんはふたばよりかんばし

  genius shows from childhood; the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout

• 檀君だんくん

  mythical founder of Korea

• 檀徒だんと

  temple supporter

• 檀林だんりん

  Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple

• 檀紙だんし

  fine crepe paper

• 檀越だんおつ

  alms-giver; person who donates to a monk or a temple; dana-pati

• 檀那寺だんなでら

  one's family temple

• 檀香だんこう

  Indian sandalwood (Santalum album)

• 檀香梅だんこうばい

  blunt-lobed spice bush (Lindera obtusiloba)

• 白檀油びゃくだんゆ

  sandalwood oil

• 関東十八檀林かんとうじゅうはちだんりん

  eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)

Explore all words using 檀 →