震しん旦たん

Meanings

archaic

Archaic term for China, originally from Sanskrit 'Cīnasthāna'. Used in old Buddhist texts and historical contexts. The reading しんだん is obsolete.

古ふるい仏ぶっ典てんには「震しん旦たん」という言こと葉ばで中ちゅう国ごくを指さすことがある。
In old Buddhist scriptures, the word 震旦 sometimes refers to China.

Kanji

震quake, shake, tremble
旦daybreak, dawn, morning
真true, reality, Buddhist sect
振shake, wave, wag

Related words

中ちゅう国ごく
The modern standard word for China. 震旦 is an archaic, literary term no longer used in everyday language.

Written forms

震旦Usage100%
- しんたん
  Historical kanji spelling for China, used in old Buddhist texts. The reading しんたん is standard for this form.
- しんだん
  out-dated reading
真旦
- しんたん
  Variant historical spelling, also read しんたん.
- しんだん
  out-dated reading
振旦
- しんたん
  Variant historical spelling, also read しんたん.
- しんだん
  out-dated reading
しんだん
out-dated reading

Etymology

From Sanskrit 'Cīnasthāna' (चीनस्थान), meaning 'land of China'. The kanji 震旦 and its variants are phonetic transcriptions used in historical Buddhist texts.