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断

JLPT N3 SL5 11 strokes Frequency: #338

Meanings

Severance, Decline, Refuse, Apologize, Warn, Dismiss, Prohibit, Decision, Judgement, Cutting

Radicals

斤

Decomposition

⿰⿺？米斤

Etymology

Ideographic: Using an axe 斤 to harvest grain 米

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

2 diagonal right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 vertical right-to-left

5 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

7 corner bottom-to-top

8 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

9 diagonal right-to-left

10 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

11 vertical right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ダン dan

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ことわ kotowa

た ta

さだ sada

Words Using This Kanji

353 words total

Other (20 words)

横断おうだん

crossing (a road, river, etc.)

decisive

break in time

forcing to a stop

prohibition

withdrawal symptoms

decision

health checkup

outrageous

blockage

to cut apart

cutting (cloth, paper, etc.)

(tailor's) cutter

death certificate

isolation

running through (north-south)

熟慮断行じゅくりょだんこう

being deliberate in council, and decisive in action

瞬間電断しゅんかんでんだん

power flicker

瞬断しゅんだん

power flicker

横断歩道おうだんほどう

pedestrian crossing

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