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断

Kanji 断: meaning "cut off, refuse", readings, stroke order

The kanji 断 means "cut off, refuse". On'yomi: ダン; kun'yomi: たつ、ことわる. JLPT N3 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
cut off, refuse
On'yomi
ダン
Kun'yomi
たつことわる
Strokes
11
Level
JLPT N3
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
斷 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 断

  • 判断 はんだん — Judgment / decision
  • 断る ことわる — To refuse
  • 横断歩道 おうだんほどう — crosswalk
  • 横断 おうだん — crossing
  • 診断 しんだん — Diagnosis
  • 分断 ぶんだん — Division / break
  • 断水 だんすい — water outage
  • 断定 だんてい — conclusion, decision
  • 油断 ゆだん — negligence, unpreparedness
  • 決断 けつだん — decision, determination
  • 断える たえる — to cease, to become extinct
  • 断言 だんげん — assertion, declaration, affirmation

Stroke order · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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