坛 (壇) tán

  1. tán noun an altar; a ritual platform; a raised mound for sacrifices
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '壇'; Guoyu '壇' n 1; Kroll 2015 '壇' 1, p. 441; Unihan '壇')
  2. tán noun a park area; an area surrounded by a banked border
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 花坛 garden (Guoyu '壇' n 4; Kroll 2015 '壇' 2)
  3. tán noun a community; a social circle
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 文坛 literary circle (Guoyu '壇' n 5)
  4. tán noun an arena; an examination hall; assembly area
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '壇' n 2; Kroll 2015 '壇' 1a, p. 441; Unihan '壇')
  5. tán noun mandala
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: maṇḍala, Japanese: dan, or: tan; see 曼荼羅 (BCSD '壇'p. 307; FGDB '壇'; SH '壇', p. 446; Unihan '壇')

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