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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)

独断論どくだんろん

dogmatism

独断専行どくだんせんこう

acting arbitrarily on one's own authority

断面図だんめんず

cross-section view

断髪だんぱつ

cutting of hair (to a short length)

断金だんきん

close friendship (i.e. strong enough to cut metal)

断裁だんさい

cutting

断案だんあん

conclusion

断ち物たちもの

foods abstained from in hopes of having one's desire granted

explanatory note

cross-country race

insulation

giving up or abstaining from tea

inference

judgement

value judgement

(transverse) cross section

abstinence

swearing off liquor

active fault

pedestrian crossing

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