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断 - Cut Off
To Cut Off cleanly, a carpenter sets a steel square to mark the line, then brings down the Axe; even the old form 斷 showed thread bundles on the left, later simplified to Rice in shinjitai 断 while keeping the idea of severing.
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断 - Cut Off
Index #896
Grade 5
11 strokes
JLPT Level: N3
Readings: ダン, た・つ, ことわ・る
Kanji Primes
Compound Kanji

Common Vocab

はんだん 判断
judgment, decision
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ことわる 断る
to refuse, to turn down
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おうだんほどう 横断歩道
pedestrian crossing, crosswalk
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おうだん 横断
crossing, traversing
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ちゅうだん 中断
interruption, discontinuance
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だんすい 断水
water stoppage
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ゆだん 油断
inattention, carelessness
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だんてい 断定
decision, conclusion
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