This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ダン、タン
Romaji: dan, tan
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

podium, stage, rostrum, terrace

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  32
Frequency:  1512
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-13
Korean Reading:  dan
Chinese Reading:  tan2
Unicode:  58c7
JIS:  4345

Indexes

Halpern Index: 754
Nelson Index: 1146
New Nelson Index: 1101
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3b13.5
Four Corner Index: 4011.6
Guide to Remembering Index: 1571
Gakken Index: 1384
Japanese Names Index: 2438
Daikanwanjiten Index: 5528
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0286
Remembering the kanji Index: 587
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1170
Kodansha Compact Index: 392
Kanji in Context Index: 1440
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 522
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 682
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 594
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 631
Essential Kanji Index: 1711
Kodansha Kanji Index: 932
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1472
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1825

Words

(だん)
platform; podium; rostrum; mandala
仏壇 (ぶつだん)
Buddhist (household) altar
花壇 (かだん)
flower bed
登壇 (とうだん)
taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.
土壇場 (どたんば)
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
祭壇 (さいだん)
altar
文壇 (ぶんだん)
literary world; literary circles
教壇 (きょうだん)
platform
戒壇 (かいだん)
ordination platform
壇上 (だんじょう)
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
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