Kanji Detail for 斷 - "cut, decide, resolutely, decline"

斷

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
斷 means "cut, decide, resolutely, decline."
1. Cut - To sever; to stop; to cease; to end.
2. Decide - To determine; to settle.
3. Resolutely - Decisively.
4. Decline - To inform beforehand; to refuse (Japanese usage).
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

sever; cut off; interrupt

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

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To cut off, sever. To divide into two sections is called 斷. Also when two parties cannot communicate, it is called 斷. Such as 恩斷義絕 (severing both kindness and righteousness). | To decide, judge. Such as 斷獄 (to judge a case), 診斷 (to diagnose). | 斷斷: Appearance of sincerity and single-mindedness.
Onyomi

dan(だん)
Kunyomi

kotowa.ru(ことわる)

ta.tsu(たつ)
Strokes

18 strokes
Radical

斤 (onozukuri・ono・kin)
Related Keywords
cut sever stop cease end decide determine settle resolutely decisively decline inform beforehand refuse