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Meaning of 檀

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檀
Pinyin: tán
English Definition: sandalwood; hardwood; purple-red; surname Tan
Chinese Definition:
①落叶乔木,木质坚硬,用于制家具、乐器(亦称“青檀”)。
②浅绛色:檀口(形容红艳的嘴唇)。
③(檀香)常绿乔木,产在热带及亚热带,木质坚硬,有香气,可制器物及香料,又可入药。
④(紫檀)常绿乔木,木材坚硬,带红色,可制贵重家具或工艺品。
⑤姓氏。
Total strokes: 17; Radical: 木
Pictophonetic:亶 indicates the sound; 木 (tree) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 木 [ mù ] tree; wood, lumber; wooden
    • 亶 [ dǎn ] real, sincere, true; truth
Similar Characters: 襢
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Example Words
檀香 tán xiāng sandalwood
紫檀 zǐ tán red sandalwood
旃檀 zhān tán sandalwood (loanword from Sanskrit "candana")
檀香山 tán xiāng shān Honolulu, capital of Hawaii; also transliterated as 火奴鲁鲁
栴檀 zhān tán sandalwood
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Example Sentences
1
它不是吠檀多
。
It is not Vedanta.
2
“
假檀
”
是本季的流行风
。
This is the season of fake tans .
3
我们问他吠檀多是什么意思
。
We asked him what he meant by Vedanta.
4
吠檀多是一种哲学
;
你能很好地理解它
。
Vedanta is a philosophy; you can understand it perfectly well.
5
吠檀多不是一种纯理论的学说
,
它是实际的自性开悟
。
Vedanta is not merely a philosophical doctrine, but it is practical Self-realisation.