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Translingual
Han character
端 (Kangxi radical 117, 立+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿山一月 (YTUMB), four-corner 02127, composition ⿰立耑)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 872, character 32
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25806
- Dae Jaweon: page 1303, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2714, character 1
- Unihan data for U+7AEF
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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揣
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*toːlʔ, *sʰrolʔ
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褍
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*toːlʔ, *toːn
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惴
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*tjols
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圌
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*djol, *djon
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篅
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*djol, *djon
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瑞
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*djols
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端
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*toːn
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剬
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*toːn, *tjonʔ
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偳
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*toːn, *tʰoːn
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鍴
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*toːn
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耑
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*toːn
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踹
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*toːns, *djonʔ
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湍
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*tʰoːn, *tjon
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煓
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*tʰoːn
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貒
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*tʰoːn, *tʰoːns
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諯
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*stʰons, *tjon, *tʰjons, *djon
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顓
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*tjon
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喘
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*tʰjonʔ
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遄
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*djon
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輲
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*djon
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椯
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*djon
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歂
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*djon, *djonʔ
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腨
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*djonʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *toːn) : semantic 立 + phonetic 耑 (OC *toːn).
Pronunciation
Note:
- toaⁿ - vernacular;
- toan - literary.
Note:
- duêng1 - Chaozhou;
- duang1 - Shantou.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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端
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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duān
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Middle Chinese
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‹ twan ›
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Old Chinese
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/*tˁor/
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English
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tip (n.)
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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端
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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2500
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Phonetic component
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耑
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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端
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Old Chinese
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/*toːn/
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Definitions
端
- to hold something level with hand
- end; tip
- beginning; start
- 開端/开端 ― kāiduān ― beginning
- upright; erect
- 端正 ― duānzhèng ― upright; proper
- (of a person) decent; upright; proper
- to wipe out; to destroy altogether
警方端掉販毒窩點。 [MSC, trad.]
警方端掉贩毒窝点。 [MSC, simp.]- Jǐngfāng duān diào fàndú wōdiǎn.
- The police destroyed the lair of drug lords.
- (figurative, colloquial, derogatory, usually followed by 著/着) to put on airs; to act pretentiously
- (~母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 端 (MC twan)
- a surname: Duan
Compounds
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji
端
(Jōyō kanji)
Readings
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
端 • (hashi)
- an edge; the beginning or end of something
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
端 (eumhun 끝 단 (kkeut dan))
- hanja form? of 단 (“end”)
- hanja form? of 단 (“(geography) cape”)
- hanja form? of 단 (“clue”)
Compounds
- 극단 (極端, geukdan, “extreme, polarity”)
- 말단 (末端, maldan, “end”)
- 단서 (端緖, danseo, “clue”)
- 발단 (發端, baldan, “beginning, origin”)
Vietnamese
Han character
端: Hán Nôm readings: đoan
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