JLPT N1 · 16 strokes
Kanji 壇: "podium, stage, rostrum"
The kanji 壇 means "podium, stage, rostrum, terrace". It is written with 16 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ダン, タン in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ダンタン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | podium, stage, rostrum, terrace |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 16 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1512 of 2,501 |
Common words with 壇
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 祭壇altar
- 壇上on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
- 花壇flower bed
- 壇platform; podium; rostrum; pulpit · (ceremonial) mound
- 土壇場last moment; eleventh hour · platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
- 教壇(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
- 仏壇Buddhist (household) altar
- 教壇に立つto stand on a podium · to teach; to be a teacher
- 独壇場field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity; one's monopoly
- 演壇rostrum; platform
- 登壇taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.
- 文壇literary world; literary circles
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