Medoru
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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)
断面 だんめん

section

断言 だんげん

assertion

断種 だんしゅ

sterilization

断然 だんぜん

firmly

断定 だんてい

conclusion

断末魔 だんまつま

one's last moments

断ち切る たちきる

to cut (cloth, paper, etc.)

断行 だんこう

decisive action

断絶 だんぜつ

extinction (e.g. of a family)

断腸 だんちょう

heartbreak

断念 だんねん

abandoning (hope, plans)

断る ことわる

to refuse

断罪 だんざい

judgment (of a crime)

断線 だんせん

disconnection

断腸の思い だんちょうのおもい

heartbroken thoughts

断片 だんぺん

fragment

中断 ちゅうだん

interruption

電断 でんだん

interruption of power

同断 どうだん

the same

横断歩道 おうだんほどう

pedestrian crossing

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