端端

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Chinese

end; extremity; item
end; extremity; item; port; to hold something level with both hands; to carry; regular
 
end; extremity; item
end; extremity; item; port; to hold something level with both hands; to carry; regular
 
simp. and trad.
(端端)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (5)
Final () (62)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter twan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tuɑn/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʷɑn/
Shao
Rongfen
/tuɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/twan/
Li
Rong
/tuɑn/
Wang
Li
/tuɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tuɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
duān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dyun1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
duān
Middle
Chinese
‹ twan ›
Old
Chinese
/*tˁor/
English tip (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 2500
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*toːn/

Adjective

端端

  1. (literary, ideophonic) straight; not slanting; upright
  2. (literary, ideophonic) serious; dignified

Derived terms

Adverb

端端

  1. (now dated) just; exactly; precisely

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
はし
Grade: S
はし > ばし
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
端々

Pronunciation

Noun

(はし)(ばし) (hashibashi

  1. every one