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Kanji Detail for 端 - "edge, fraction"

端

  • Meaning

    端 means "edge, fraction." Also associated with 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.

  • Words using 端

    • 極端 きょくたん Listen extreme; extremity
    • 発端 ほったん Listen origin; genesis; opening
    • 一端 いったん Listen one end; an end; part
    • 末端 まったん Listen end; tip; extremities
    • 端末 たんまつ Listen terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.)
    • 川端 かわばた Listen riverside; riverbank
    • 半端 はんぱ Listen remnant; fragment; incomplete set
    • 端的 たんてき Listen frank; direct; plain

  • Four-character idioms with 端

    • 中途半端 ちゅうとはんぱ Listen halfway; half measures; unfinished
    • 万事万端 ばんじばんたん Listen everything; all things; all affairs
    • 千緒万端 せんしょばんたん Listen all sorts of things; all manner of affairs
    • 多事多端 たじたたん Listen eventfulness; pressure of business
    • 容姿端麗 ようしたんれい Listen attractive face and figure
    • 異端邪説 いたんじゃせつ Listen heretical doctrine (thought, faith)

  • Tattoo check: 端

    • Verified meaning: edge, fraction
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いかり, いがり, いのかい, いのかり)
    • Also carries these associations: correct

    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 端

    Given names 端(ただし)Listen 端(ただす)Listen

    Surnames 端(いかり)Listen 端(いがり)Listen 端(いのかい)Listen 端(いのかり)Listen 端(いのがり)Listen 端(たかはし)Listen 端(たなべ)Listen 端(たん)Listen 端(はし)Listen 端(はしさき)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    tan(タン) タン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    bata(ばた) ばた

    ha(は) は

    hana(はな) はな

    hashi(はし) はし

    hata(はた) はた

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    立 (tatsu・tatsuhen)

  • Related Keywords

    edge correct fraction beginning halfway tan unit of measurement end tip proper extremity margin brink border start terminal verge

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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