The kanji 団 generally conveys the meaning of a group, a collection, or an association of people or things. It emphasizes the idea of unity, togetherness, and coming together for a common purpose. It can also refer to a round or spherical shape in some contexts. The core idea is about things being clustered, gathered, or unified.

・On-yomi (音読み): ダン (dan) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): None, or used as a component of other words.

⚫︎ 団体 Translation: group; organization; association ⚫︎ 団結 Translation: unity; solidarity; union ⚫︎ 団子 Translation: dango (Japanese sweet dumpling)

The kanji 団 is a pictophonetic character. The left side is a "口" radical (kuchi), which means mouth, and the right side is "寸" (sun), which means inch, also can be seen as an abbreviation of “寸” means a measurement unit. The combination of mouth and measure may have originally related to a measurement of a sphere or gathering of people and items. Through the development, 団 came to represent a circle or group. The idea of gathering and unity comes to the fore.