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Kanji Detail for 端 - "edge, end, correct"

端

  • Meaning

    端 means "edge, end, correct."

    1. Edge - End; tip; margin.

    2. Correct - Honest; straight; proper.

    3. Fraction - A partial amount.

    4. Beginning - Origin; starting point; clue; sign; origin.

    5. Tan - A unit of cloth length; 2 jō 8 shaku in whale measurement.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    edge; origin; end; point; border; verge; cape

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    end, extreme; head; beginning

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; to eliminate; to wipe out

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    end, extreme; head; beginning

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

    Upright. Straight. Such as an upright person is called 端人. | To sprout. The beginning of things. Such as saying 見端 (see the beginning), 造端 (create the beginning). | A measure of cloth. Double a zhang is called 端. Or it is said that eight chi of patterned cloth is a 端. Now one bolt is commonly called one 端. | All pairs are called 兩端. Such as saying large and small, thick and thin, and such. (Doctrine of the Mean) "Grasping both ends." | A section. A condition. Such as 更端. Meaning changing to a different matter. | Has the meaning of reason. Not knowing why is called 無端 (without cause). | Has the meaning of certainty. Such as saying 端的 (certain). | Inkstone is called 端. Duanxi is a place that produces inkstones. In present-day Gaoyao County, Guangdong. Named after the place of production.
  • Onyomitip

    tan(たん) たん

  • Kunyomitip

    ha(は) は

    haji.me(はじめ) はじめ

    hana(はな) はな

    hashi(はし) はし

    hashita(はした) はした

    hata(はた) はた

    pa pa

    tada.shii(ただしい) ただしい

  • Strokestip

    14 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    立 (tatsu・tatsuhen)

  • Related Keywords
    edge end tip margin border boundary correct proper upright straight honest beginning start origin clue fraction piece bit terminal

Sentences including 端

  • I don't like to leave things up in the air.

  • He was standing at the side of the road.

  • I had no sooner left the shop than i met my teacher.

  • Don't go to extremes.

  • I pulled my car to the left side of the road.

  • You're carrying this too far.

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