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Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

960 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: edge, origin, end, point, border, verge, cape

Kunyomi: はし, は, はた, -ばた, はな

Onyomi: タン

Composition: 立 耑

端

Radical

Radical: 立

Reading: たつへん

Meaning: stand, erect

Strokes: 5

Reading: たつへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

端子(たんし)   terminal

端的な(たんてきな)   frank

先端(せんたん)   pointed end

発端(ほったん)   the beginning

末端(まったん)   tip, extremity

途端に(とたんに)   just as, just when

極端な(きょくたんな)   extreme

端(はし)   edge

両端(りょうはし)   both ends

右端(みぎはし)   right end

端数(はすう)   fraction

道端(みちばた)   roadside

Onyomi Examples

端 (タン) origin, beginning, variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length, tip, extremity

端緒 (タンショ) start, beginning, first step, clue

末端 (マッタン) end, tip, extremities, terminal

北端 (ホクタン) northern extremity

Kunyomi Examples

端 (はし) end (e.g. of street), tip, point, edge, margin, beginning, start, first, odds and ends, scrap, odd bit, least

端 (はした) fraction, odd sum, odd money, small change, low class female servant

木の端 (きのはし) fragment of wood

道の端 (みちのはし) edge of a street

端 (はし) end (e.g. of street), tip, point, edge, margin, beginning, start, first, odds and ends, scrap, odd bit, least

端 (はした) fraction, odd sum, odd money, small change, low class female servant

切羽 (きりは) face, working face

継端 (つぎは) opportunity to continue a conversation

側 (そば) near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, third person

端から (はたから) from outside, from the side

端 (はし) end (e.g. of street), tip, point, edge, margin, beginning, start, first, odds and ends, scrap, odd bit, least

鼻先 (はなさき) tip of nose, before one's eyes, under one's nose, in front of, tip (of something)

出鼻 (でばな) projecting part (of a headland, etc.), moment of departure, (on the) point of going out, outset, start, beginning

上がり端 (あがりはな) entrance (i.e. of a Japanese house), start of a rise (e.g. in prices)

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