Refers to the dark, dense hardwood from trees of the genus Diospyros, used for furniture, musical instruments, and carvings.
The keys of this piano are made of ebony.
Ebony is a very hard and heavy wood.
Standard kanji spelling for ebony.
Variant kanji form; 檀 is sometimes used for 壇 in this word, but 黒檀 is preferred.
From Chinese 黑檀 (hēitán), literally 'black sandalwood'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the dark wood.