壇
壇 — Podium
podium, stage, rostrum, terrace
On’yomiダン (dan)
On’yomiタン (tan)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (16 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 壇
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 土壇場 | どたんば dotanba | last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period |
| 壇 | だん dan | platform; podium; rostrum |
| 壇上 | だんじょう danjou | on a stage; on a platform; on an altar |
| 演壇 | えんだん endan | rostrum; platform |
| 教壇 | きょうだん kyoudan | (teacher's) platform; podium; dais |
| 祭壇 | さいだん saidan | altar |
Study notes
壇 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1512 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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