端 – edge, origin, end

14 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#960 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 端 means edge, origin, end, point, border, verge, cape. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is タン (tan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はし、は、はた、-ばた、はな (hashi, wa, hata, bata, hana). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 立 (no. 117).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	タン	tan
Kun’yomi	はし	hashi
Kun’yomi	は	wa
Kun’yomi	はた	hata
Kun’yomi	-ばた	bata
Kun’yomi	はな	hana

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 立 (Kangxi radical 117). Components: 山・而・立.

Words using 端

端はしend (e.g. of street)途端とたんjust (now, at the moment, etc.)先端せんたんpointed end極端きょくたんextreme半端はんぱremnant

Example sentences

こっちの端を持っててくれる？

Will you please hold this edge?

Tatoeba #224126

ヨーロッパとアフリカの西海岸をとおりすぎ、アフリカ南部の先端までとびます。

Past the west coasts of Europe and Africa to the tip of southern Africa.

Tatoeba #192862

君の言うことは極端じゃないか。

Aren't you pushing it too far?

Tatoeba #178376

Kanji with the same radical

立競章童

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