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壇

podium
Stroke count: 16

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. podiumRtK
    その作品が画壇に大いに物議をかもした。This artwork excited much controversy in the world of art.tatoeba
    彼は花壇の昆虫を見るためにかがみこんだ。He bent over to see insects in the flowerbed.tatoeba
  2. stage
    サトヤマ先生の作品が俳壇に強烈なパンチを与えた。Mr. Satoyama's work made a big impression in the world of haiku.tatoeba
    彼は祭壇の上をあちこちに歩いた。He walked to and fro on the stage.tatoeba
  3. rostrum
  4. terrace
  1. platform
  2. pulpit
  3. (ceremonial) mound

Popular Usage

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · Churchill · top hat (亠) · -times · pent in (囗) · mouth (口) · nightbreak · sun (日) · day (日) · one (一) · floor

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 631

Compound words

祭壇さいだん
altar
俳壇はいだん
the world of the haiku
花壇かだん
flower bed
演壇えんだん
rostrum; platform
教壇きょうだん
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
仏壇ぶつだん
Buddhist (household) altar
文壇ぶんだん
literary world; literary circles
壇上だんじょう
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
土壇場どたんば
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
歌壇かだん
poetry circles
画壇がだん
artists' world
劇壇げきだん
the stage
講壇こうだん
lecture platform
黒壇こくたん
ebony

Additional Examples

土壇場になる前にこのプロジェクトを終わらせたほうがいい。
We'd better finish up this project before the eleventh hour.tatoeba

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 壇

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step