壇
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16		ㄊㄢˊ [tan2] .Homophone
A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect
N(1)  Altar: 醮壇 temporary altar for prayer;
設壇 set up altar;
天壇，地壇 altar to Heaven, to Earth.
(2)  Forum: 講壇 speaking platform;
論壇 tribune, forum for discussion, used as name of magazines and newspapers.
(3)  Corresponding to “circles”: 文壇，劇壇，影壇 literary, dramatic, movie circles.
(4)  花壇 raised flower bed.
Words1.壇場 [tan2chang2], n., area of the sacrificial altar. 
2.壇坫 [tan2dian4] n., (AC) sacrificial altar for taking oath set up during conference of states; hence symbol of diplomacy.