Character: 檀
Modern (Beijing) reading: tán
Preclassic Old Chinese: dhān
Classic Old Chinese: dhān
Western Han Chinese: dhān
Eastern Han Chinese: dhān
Early Postclassic Chinese: dhān
Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhān
Late Postclassic Chinese: dhān
Middle Chinese: dân
English meaning : sandalwood
Russian meaning[s]: 1) сандаловое дерево (Santalum album); черная береза (Pterocarpus santalinus); 2) розовый, румяный
Comments: For *dh cf. Chaozhou, Fuzhou thaŋ2.
Radical: 75
Four-angle index: 46
Karlgren code: 0148 e
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