Word Meaning 栴檀

せんだん sendan

栴檀 is read as せんだん (sendan) and means Indian sandalwood (Santalum album).

Meaning

English

  1. Indian sandalwood (Santalum album)
  2. chinaberry
  3. Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach)

Reading

Kana

せんだん

Romaji

sendan

Writing Variants

  • せんだん sendan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

栴檀は双葉より芳し

せんだんはふたばよりかんばし

genius shows from childhood

関東十八檀林

かんとうじゅうはちだんりん

eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)

十八檀林

じゅうはちだんりん

eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)

寺檀制度

じだんせいど

system used during the Edo period where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith