壇

壇 U+58C7, 壇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58C7 ← 壆 [U+58C6] CJK Unified Ideographs 壈 → [U+58C8]

Stroke order

壇 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 土卜田一 (GYWM), four-corner 4011₆, composition ⿰土亶)

1. altar
2. arena, examination hall

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 240, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5528
• Dae Jaweon: page 480, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 492, character 12
• Unihan data for U+58C7

trad.		壇
simp.		坛*

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *daːn) : semantic 土 + phonetic 亶 (OC *taːnʔ).

壇

1. altar (Classifier: 座)

   中華世紀壇／中华世纪坛  ―  zhōnghuá shìjì tán  ―  China Millennium Monument

   • 北宮奢為衛靈公賦斂以為鐘，為壇乎國門之外，三月而成上下之縣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     北宫奢为卫灵公赋敛以为钟，为坛乎国门之外，三月而成上下之县。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Běigōng Shē wèi Wèi Línggōng fùliǎn yǐ wèi zhōng, wèi tán hū guómén zhī wài, sān yuè ér chéng shàngxià zhī xiàn. [Pinyin]

     Beigong She was collecting taxes for Duke Ling of Wei in order to make a set of bells. He built a platform outside the gate of the outer wall, and in the space of three months the bells were completed, both the upper and lower tiers.

2. raised plot of land for planting flowers, etc.

   花壇／花坛  ―  huātán  ―  raised flowerbed

3. forum; place for giving lectures or speeches

   論壇／论坛  ―  lùntán  ―  forum

4. circles

   文壇／文坛  ―  wéntán  ―  literary circles

   體壇／体坛  ―  tǐtán  ―  sports world

5. (Cantonese) Classifier for affairs or matters.

• “壇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Shinjitai	壇
Kyūjitai [1]	壇󠄂 壇+󠄂? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Jōyō kanji)

1. podium, stage, rostrum, terrace

• Go-on: だん (dan, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: たん (tan, Jōyō ^†)
• Kun: たいら (taira, 壇)、ところ (tokoro, 壇)、ば (ba, 壇)

壇(だん) • (Dan) 

1. a surname

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ta̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [단]

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壇 (eumhun 제단 단 (jedan dan))

1. hanja form^? of 제 (“altar”)

• 제단 (祭壇, jedan, “altar”)

壇: Hán Nôm readings: đàn, đường

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