Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb

    praising Buddha; sermon

    Buddhism

  2. praise (second of the five gates of mindfulness)

    Buddhismsee 五念門

  3. style of Buddhistic song of praise, usually praising Buddha, the Bodhisattva, the Buddhistic teachings, etc.

    Buddhism

  4. rumor; rumour; hearsay

    Archaic

Also written 讃歎【さんだん】讚談【さんだん】讚歎【さんだん】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

praise, title on a picture

Kun
ほ.めるたた.える
On
サン
Strokes
22
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2179 of 2500
Radical
speech

Built from

Used in names as

さぬ

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
1-7-15SKIP code
7a15.1The Kanji Dictionary
0568.6Four corner code
8b83Unicode hex code
1-27-30JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4451Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5720New Nelson (John Haig)
2093Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1485Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2711Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2747Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
36110Morohashi
zan4Pinyin reading
chanKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

discuss, talk

On
ダン
Strokes
15
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
272 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-7-8SKIP code
7a8.7The Kanji Dictionary
0968.9Four corner code
3062deroo
8ac7Unicode hex code
1-35-44JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4388Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5643New Nelson (John Haig)
1569New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1975Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1053Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1419Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
350Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
374Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
303A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2325Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
378Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35633Morohashi
543A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
593Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
603Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
467sakade
907Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
363henshall3
433Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
394crowley
390Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1698Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
356Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tan2Pinyin reading
damKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level