壇 – podium, stage, rostrum

16 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1512 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 壇 means podium, stage, rostrum, terrace. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ダン、タン (dan, tan). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ダン	dan
On’yomi	タン	tan

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: 一・口・土・日・亠・囗.

Words using 壇

花壇かだんflower bed

Example sentences

その花壇は水をやる必要がある。

The flower garden needs watering.

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Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土境域型均圧壊城執坂

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