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U+65B7, 斷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65B7

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 69, +14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女戈竹一中 (VIHML), four-corner 22721, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 480, character 35
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13611
  • Dae Jaweon: page 841, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2028, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+65B7

Chinese

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𣃔

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 𢇍 (to cut) + (axe).

Before the Qin dynasty, this character was written as 𠸿 or 𠜷. According to Shuowen, the left component is an old form of .

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dan (cut).

Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • tyun5 - vernacular;
  • dyun6 - literary.
Note:
  • dōng - vernacular (“to snap; to cut off”);
  • duâng - literary (“to cut off”).
Note:
  • tn̄g/tňg/tūiⁿ - vernacular (“to snap; to cut off”);
  • toān/toǎn - literary.
Note:
  • deng6 - vernacular;
  • duang6/duêng6 - literary.
Note:
Note:
  • donn3 - to intercept;
  • donn5 - to split(vernacular);
  • donn4 - to split(literary).

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 2/3 1/3
    Initial () (7) (5)
    Final () (62) (62)
    Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Closed Closed
    Division () I I
    Fanqie
    Baxter dwanX twanX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /duɑnX/ /tuɑnX/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /dʷɑnX/ /tʷɑnX/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /duɑnX/ /tuɑnX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /dwanX/ /twanX/
    Li
    Rong
    /duɑnX/ /tuɑnX/
    Wang
    Li
    /duɑnX/ /tuɑnX/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren
    /dʱuɑnX/ /tuɑnX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    duàn duǎn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    dyun6 dyun2
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/3 2/3
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    duàn duàn
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ dwanX › ‹ twanX ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*N-tˁoʔ/ /*tˁoʔ/
    English be cut in two cut in two

    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 # 3/3 1/3
    No. 2540 2538
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    3 3
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*doːnʔ/ /*toːnʔ/

    Definitions

    1. to break; to snap; to cut
      手臂 [MSC, trad.]
      手臂 [MSC, simp.]
      Tā shuō tā de shǒubì duàn le.
      He said that he'd broken his arm.
      樹枝 [Cantonese, trad.]
      树枝 [Cantonese, simp.]
      zi1 syu6 zi1 tyun5 zo2.
      A tree branch broke.
    2. to cut off; to sever; to interrupt
      通話通话  ―  Tōnghuà duàn le.  ―  The line has gone dead.
        ―  duàndiàn  ―  to experience a power outage
        ―  duànjiāo  ―  to sever ties
    3. to give up; to abstain from; to quit
        ―  duàn yān  ―  to quit smoking
      孩子孩子開始奶粉 [MSC, trad.]
      孩子孩子开始奶粉 [MSC, simp.]
      Zài háizǐ sān ge yuè dà shí, tā gěi háizǐ duàn le nǎi, bìng kāishǐ wèi nǎifěn.
      She weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk.
    4. (Hokkien) to not have; to be without; there is not

    Pronunciation 2


    Note: dyun6 - variant used in compounds.

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 3/3
    Initial () (5)
    Final () (62)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division () I
    Fanqie
    Baxter twanH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /tuɑnH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /tʷɑnH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /tuɑnH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /twanH/
    Li
    Rong
    /tuɑnH/
    Wang
    Li
    /tuɑnH/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren
    /tuɑnH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    duàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    dyun3
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 3/3
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    duàn
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ twanH ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*tˁoʔ-s/
    English cut off; decide

    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 # 2/3
    No. 2539
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    3
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*toːns/

    Definitions

    1. to judge; to decide; to determine; to settle
        ―  pànduàn  ―  to decide, to determine
      案子 [MSC, trad.]
      案子 [MSC, simp.]
      Zhè ge ànzi hěn nán duàn.
      It is hard to judge this case.
    2. (chiefly in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly
    3. (Cantonese) to count in a certain unit
      [Cantonese, trad.]
      [Cantonese, simp.]
      di1 coi3 hai6 dyun3 gan1 gai3 ding6 dyun3 bong6 gai3 gaa3?
      Are the vegetable's prices calculated based on catties or pounds?
    4. 29th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "decisiveness" (𝌢)

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Shinjitai

    Kyūjitai

    Kanji

    (Hyōgai kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

    1. sever
    2. cut off
    3. interrupt

    Readings

    Korean

    Hanja

    (eumhun 끊을 (kkeuneul dan))

    1. hanja form? of (sever)
    2. hanja form? of (cut off)
    3. hanja form? of (interrupt)

    Compounds

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    : Hán Nôm readings: đoán, đoạn

    1. chữ Hán form of đoán (to guess; to predict; to surmise; to divine).
    2. chữ Hán form of đoạn (painful; broken off; to corner).