
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