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檀
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- 檀
- tán · sandalwood, hardwood; surname
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2 · tan2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
taan4
Cantonese word readings for 檀. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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- Name of several kind of plants, including: — 紫檀 (zǐtán, “Pterocarpus indicus”)
- Name of several kind of plants, including: — 青檀 (“Pteroceltis tatarinowii”)
- Name of several kind of plants, including: — 黃檀／黄檀 (huángtán, “Dalbergia hupeana”)
- (abbreviation, alt-of) Name of several kind of plants, including: — short for 旃檀 (“Santalum album”), also known as 檀香 (tánxiāng)
- purple-red
- a surname
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