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Character: 壇
Modern (Beijing) reading: tán
Preclassic Old Chinese: dān
Classic Old Chinese: dān
Western Han Chinese: dān
Eastern Han Chinese: dān
Early Postclassic Chinese: dān
Middle Postclassic Chinese: dān
Late Postclassic Chinese: dān
Middle Chinese: dân
English meaning : altar
Russian meaning[s]: 1) алтарь (воздвигаемый из земли); 2) трибуна; 3) поприще, арена
Comments: For *d- cf. Xiamen tuã2, Chaozhou tũã2, Fuzhou taŋ2, Jianou tuiŋ9.
Radical: 32
Four-angle index: 41
Karlgren code: 0148 d
Vietnamese reading: d_àn
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tān (~d-)
Meaning: altar
Tibetan: gdan a bolster; a throne.
Kachin: ton1 a 4-legged nat altar.
Comments: Jnp. t- is irregular. Cf. PAN *a'taŋ 'sacrifice' (?).
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