栴檀

Chinese

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(栴檀)
alternative forms 旃檀

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, sandalwood), possibly via a Prakrit with syncope of the unstable final -a (see Bailey, 1946); cf. cognate in Tocharian B cantāṃ.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (23) (7)
Final () (77) (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter tsyien dan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiᴇn/ /dɑn/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiɛn/ /dɑn/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjæn/ /dɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cian/ /dan/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiɛn/ /dɑn/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭɛn/ /dɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯ɛn/ /dʱɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhān tán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zin1 taan4

Noun

栴檀

  1. sandalwood
  2. bead tree

Synonyms

  • (sandalwood): 檀香 (tánxiāng)
  • (bead tree):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せん
Hyōgaiji
だん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んだん [sèńdáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sẽ̞ndã̠ɴ]

Noun

(せん)(だん) (sendan) 

  1. bead tree (Melia azedarach)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

栴檀 (jeondan) (hangeul 전단)

  1. Hanja form? of 전단 ((Buddhism) sandalwood).
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