端
端 — dan
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 끝 단
- Romanization
- dan
- English
- end, extreme; head; beginning
- Mandarin
- duān
- Japanese on'yomi
- タン, セン, ベン, メン
- Japanese kun'yomi
- はし は はた -ばた はな
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #960 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 立 (117, 9 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 耑
- Unicode
- U+7AEF
Parts that make up 端
How 端 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 端 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 立, 耑.
Korean example words with 端
- 단주端舟 Korean gloss: 작은 배
- 동단東端 Korean gloss: 동쪽 끝
- 남단南端 Korean gloss: 남쪽의 끝
- 북단北端 Korean gloss: 북쪽의 끝
- 상단上端 Korean gloss: 위쪽의 끝
- 후단後端 Korean gloss: 뒤쪽의 끝
- 말단末端 Korean gloss: 맨 끄트머리
- 하단下端 Korean gloss: 아래쪽의 끝
- 일단一端 Korean gloss: 사물의 한 부분
- 의단疑端 Korean gloss: 의심스러운 실마리
- 단사端士 Korean gloss: 품행이 단정한 선비
- 야단惹端 Korean gloss: 난처하거나 딱한 일
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 端
- 端はし end (e.g. of street); tip; point
- 極端きょくたん extreme; extremity
- 先端せんたん pointed end; tip; point
- 発端ほったん origin; genesis; opening
- 最先端さいせんたん cutting edge; leading edge; forefront
- 一端いったん one end; an end; part
- 末端まったん end; tip; extremities
- 端末たんまつ terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.)
- 川端かわばた riverside; riverbank
- 端的たんてき frank; direct; plain
- 半端はんぱ remnant; fragment; incomplete set
- 中途半端ちゅうとはんぱ halfway; half measures; unfinished
Characters sharing the phonetic 耑
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “단”
Other hanja with radical 立
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences