檀

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surname Tan

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

檀 names a kind of tree with strong wood, good for making things. 木 is the tree part, and 亶 dǎn, sharing the rhyme, supplies the sound. The meaning later narrowed to sandalwood and hardwood.

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檀tán
sandalwood, hardwood, purple-red

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