The kanji 端: meaning, readings and stroke order

端

Meaning: edge, end
On reading: タン tan
Kun reading: はし hashi、は ha、はた hata
Strokes: 14
Radical: 立 stand, erect
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: mép, đầu mút (đoan)
Japanese: はし。もののさきっぽ。
Korean: 끝, 가장자리 (단)
Chinese: 边、端

Readings, words and example sentences

タン tan · on reading

極きょく端たん
extreme
その考えは 極きょく端たんです。
That idea is too extreme.

はし hashi · kun reading

端はし
edge, end
紙の 端はしをきれいにそろえます。
I line up the edges of the paper neatly.

は ha · kun reading · less common

半はん端ぱ
leftover, not a whole amount
半はん端ぱな数が残りました。
A few were left over.

はた hata · kun reading

道みち端ばた
roadside
道みち端ばたに小さな花がさいています。
Little flowers are blooming by the road.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.