断

See also: 斷

断 U+65AD, 断 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65AD ← 斬 [U+65AC] CJK Unified Ideographs 斮 → [U+65AE]

Translingual

Stroke order

Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant of 斷.

Han character

断 (Kangxi radical 69, 斤+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女木竹一中 (VDHML), composition ⿰⿺𠃊米斤)

Derived characters

• 簖

Additional Derived Characters

• 𭊜, 𱼗, 𭁜, 𲁵, 𫏞, 𰄽, 𲙼, 𳆳, 𲤁

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 479, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13557
• Dae Jaweon: page 838, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2025, character 3
• Unihan data for U+65AD

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 断 – see 斷 (“to break; to snap; to cut; to cut off; to sever; to interrupt; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 斷).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	断
Kyūjitai	斷

Kanji

断

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 斷)

1. to sever, to chop off
2. to interrupt
3. to refuse, to decline, to abstain from

Readings

• Go-on: だん (dan, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: たん (tan)
• Kun: たつ (tatsu, 断つ, Jōyō)、ことわる (kotowaru, 断る, Jōyō)、さだめる (sadameru, 断める)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
断
だん Grade: 5
goon

Alternative spelling
斷 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese. Pronunciation appears to be from 斷 (MC dwanX), but meaning appears to be from homographic 斷 (MC twanH).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だん [dáꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [dã̠ɴ]

Noun

断(だん) • (dan) 

1. decision, resolution

Vietnamese

Han character

断: Hán Việt readings: đoán, đoạn
断: Nôm readings: đáng, đón

1. Variant of 斷, see there for more details.