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断

severance
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingダン
Kun readingた.つ、ことわ.る、さだ.める
JōyōGrade 5

Popular Usage

横断断る診断決断

Radicals and components

Radical斤axeComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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fishhook · rice (米) · axe (斤)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1218

Compound words

横断おうだん
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); cutting across; intersecting (e.g. a railway track); crossing (east-west)
断ることわる
to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline
診断しんだん
diagnosis; medical examination
決断けつだん
decision; determination
遮断しゃだん
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception
縦断じゅうだん
running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally
寸断すんだん
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
切断せつだん
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
断言だんげん
assertion; declaration; affirmation
断固だんこ
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
断行だんこう
decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution
断食だんじき
fasting; fast
断水だんすい
suspension of water supply; water outage
断絶だんぜつ
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture
断然だんぜん
firmly; flatly; resolutely; decisively; absolutely
断層だんそう
fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy
断続だんぞく
intermittence; being intermittent; occurring intermittently
断定だんてい
conclusion; decision; judgement; declaration; affirmative
断念だんねん
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
断片だんぺん
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
断面だんめん
section; cross section; profile
中断ちゅうだん
interruption; suspension; break
独断どくだん
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
判断はんだん
judgment; judgement; decision; conclusion; adjudication

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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