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壇 means 'podium'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 1516   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-24    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 5 words   Used in 39 words   Used in 88 names   Not used as a component
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   ダン   タン
Variants
坛 (Chinese)  
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⿰  土 ground; earth  亶 sincere  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 壇 is used 5 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 壇 is used 37 times, read 2 ways.
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か だ ん 1
noun
flower bed
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タン : 2 words FIND ALL
ど た ん ば 0
noun
1. last moment; eleventh hour
2. platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
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An additional 3 less common words include 壇 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1571  Joy o' Kanji : 1571  Key to Kanji: - 

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壇
ダン   タン    podium   
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亶
sincere, true, whole   
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旦
タン   ダン    dawn   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
㐭
lid revolves
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亠
lid
回
カイ   エ   まわる to revolve   まわす to make turn   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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囗
box, enclosure   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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