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Kanji Detail for 断 - "to cut, to refuse"

断

  • Meaning

    断 means "to cut, to refuse." Also associated with to decide.

    1. Cut - To sever; to divide; to slice.

    2. Decide - To determine; to judge definitively.

    3. Refuse - To decline; to reject.

    4. Conclude - To end; to terminate.

  • Words using 断

    • 判断 はんだん Listen judgment; judgement; decision
    • 決断 けつだん Listen decision; determination
    • 診断 しんだん Listen diagnosis; medical examination
    • 断念 だんねん Listen abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
    • 予断 よだん Listen prediction; prejudgment; presupposition
    • 断る ことわる Listen to refuse; to reject; to dismiss
    • 断言 だんげん Listen assertion; declaration; affirmation
    • 横断 おうだん Listen crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); cutting across

  • Four-character idioms with 断

    • 一刀両断 いっとうりょうだん Listen cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively
    • 優柔不断 ゆうじゅうふだん Listen indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally
    • 独断専行 どくだんせんこう Listen acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
    • 言語道断 ごんごどうだん Listen outrageous; preposterous; scandalous
    • 剛毅果断 ごうきかだん Listen dauntless and decisive; with fortitude and resolution
    • 即断即決 そくだんそっけつ Listen making a swift decision; making immediate decisions and taking quick actions

  • Tattoo check: 断

    • Verified meaning: to cut, to refuse
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いの, さだむ, たけし)
    • Also carries these associations: to decide

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 断

    Given names 断(たけし)Listen

    Surnames 断(いの)Listen 断(さだむ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    severance; decline; refuse; apologize; warn; dismiss; prohibit; decision; judgement; cutting

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sever, cut off; interrupt

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to sever, to cut off, to interrupt

  • Onyomi

    tip

    dan(ダン) ダン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kotowa.ru(ことわ-る) ことわ-る

    sada.meru(さだ-める) さだ-める

    ta.tsu(たつ) たつ

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    斤 (onozukuri・ono・kin)

  • Related Keywords

    to decide to cut to refuse absolutely judgment decision interruption discontinuation block break cease chop cleave decline detach determine disconnect discontinue divide halt isolate sever slice split stop

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