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断 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「斤」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「斤」
On
ダンだん · dan
Kun
た(つ)・ことわ(る)ta(tsu) · kotowa(ru)
Meaning
to cut off; decide; refuse

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Bundled threads plus 斤 "axe"; severing with an axe — hence "to cut off, to refuse, to decide."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onダンだんdan断絶だんぜつ断定だんてい判断はんだん
Kunたつtatsu断つたつ塩断ちしおだち

Compare: 裁つ・絶つ

Kunことわるkotowaru断ることわる断りことわり

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 決断けつだん

    decision

  • 横断おうだん

    crossing (a road)

More words with this kanji

  • 判断はんだん
  • 縦断じゅうだん
  • 遮断しゃだん
  • 断崖だんがい
  • 断乎だんこ
  • 剪断せんだん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

横断(おうだん)歩道(ほどう)をわたりましょう。

Let us use the pedestrian crossing.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

横断決断断横side決decide斤axe斥reject斧axe斫to hew斬cut団group旦dawn男man段step弾bullet
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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