Hanja Analyzer
段

段 — dan

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
층계 단
Romanization
dan
English
section, piece, division
Mandarin
duàn
Japanese on'yomi
ダン, タン
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#479 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
殳 (79, 5 residual)
Unicode
U+6BB5

How 段 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 段 as a ideographic compound involving 厂, 殳.

Korean example words with 段

  • 다단多段 Korean gloss: 여러 단
  • 전단全段 Korean gloss: 모든 단락
  • 단지段地 Korean gloss: 층이 진 땅
  • 삼단三段 Korean gloss: 세 단락의 구분
  • 상단上段 Korean gloss: 글의 위쪽 부분
  • 하단下段 Korean gloss: 글의 아래쪽 부분
  • 특단特段 Korean gloss: 보통과 구별되게 다름
  • 단락段落 Korean gloss: 일이 어느 정도 다 된 끝
  • 단계段階 Korean gloss: 일의 차례를 따라 나아가는 과정
  • 저단低段 Korean gloss: 바둑이나 태권도 따위에서, 단수가 낮음
  • 단식段式 Korean gloss: 몇 개의 단(段)이 이루어지도록 하는 방식
  • 단당段當 Korean gloss: 농토 1단보에 대한 수확이나 비료 따위의 양

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 段

  • 段階だんかい stage; step; phase
  • 手段しゅだん means; way; measure
  • 値段ねだん price; cost
  • 一段いちだん even more; still more; much more
  • 階段かいだん stairs; stairway; staircase
  • 普段ふだん usual; normal; everyday
  • 現段階げんだんかい present stage; current phase; current rank
  • 段ボールダンボール (corrugated) cardboard; cardboard box; carton
  • 一段落いちだんらく reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest
  • 段取りだんどり programme; program; plans
  • 段だん step; stair; rung
  • 格段かくだん dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked

Characters sharing the phonetic 段

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “단” in Korean.

Other hanja read “단”

Other hanja with radical 殳

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