| 檀 | [ tán ] surname Tan |
| 檀 | [ tán ] sandalwood, hardwood, purple-red |
| 檀君 | [ tán jūn ] Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC |
| 檀君王 | [ tán jūn wáng ] Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC |
| 檀越 | [ tán yuè ] (Buddhism) benefactor (designation of a lay person by a monk) |
| 檀香 | [ tán xiāng ] sandalwood |
| 檀香山 | [ tán xiāng shān ] Honolulu, capital of Hawaii, also transliterated as 火奴魯魯|火奴鲁鲁 |
| ⇒ 微凹黃檀 | [ weī aō huáng tán ] cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa) |
| ⇒ 旃檀 | [ zhān tán ] sandalwood (loanword from Sanskrit "candana") |
| ⇒ 栴檀 | [ zhān tán ] sandalwood |
| ⇒ 紫檀 | [ zǐ tán ] red sandalwood |
| ⇒ 青檀 | [ qīng tán ] blue sandalwood (Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim), the bark of which is used to manufacture 宣紙|宣纸 |
| ⇒ 青檀樹 | [ qīng tán shù ] blue sandalwood (Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim), the bark of which is used to manufacture 宣紙|宣纸 |