檀
Cedar
Meanings
Cedar, Sandlewood, Spindle Tree
On'yomi
だん、 たん
Chinese-derived readings, typically used in compounds.
Kun'yomi
まゆみ
Native Japanese readings, typically used as standalone words.
Stroke order
檀 is written in 17 strokes. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
About this kanji
檀 (Cedar) is not taught on WaniKani and appears in the JLPT N1 kanji set. It ranks #2291 in modern newspaper-frequency lists. It is written with 17 strokes.
Other N1 kanji
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