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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)

論断ろんだん

conclusion

遮断器しゃだんき

circuit breaker

遮断機しゃだんき

(railway) crossing gate

cutter

to sever

horizontal banner

cutting machine

breaking off relations (esp. between countries)

declining

notice

bulkhead

forbidden fruit

jumping to hasty conclusions

性格診断せいかくしんだん

personality assessment

塩断ちしおだち

abstinence from salt (for vow or spiritual reasons)

firm

circuit breaker

reckless decision

clear or definite judgement (judgment)

横断歩道おうだんほどう

pedestrian crossing

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