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Kanji Information Sheet for 端 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 立 (たつ) – stand
Levels: JLPT N1 | JLPT 1 (old) | Grade 8
Frequency: #960 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #960 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N3 Words
- 端 [はし]
(n) end (e.g. of street); edge; tip; margin; point [K] [D] [Jisho] - 途端 [とたん]
(n) just (now, at the moment, etc.) [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 先端 [せんたん]
(n) pointed end; tip; fine point; spearhead; cusp; vanguard; advanced; leading edge [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 極端 [きょくたん]
(adj-na,n) extreme; extremity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 半端 [はんぱ]
(adj-na,n) remnant; fragment; incomplete set; fraction; odd sum; incompleteness [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 異端 [いたん]
(n) heresy [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一端 [いっぱし]
(adv,n) like other people [K] [D] [Jisho] - 最先端 [さいせんたん]
(adj-no,n) ultra-fine [K] [D] [Jisho] - 川端 [かわばた]
(n) riverbank [K] [D] [Jisho] - 端たない [はしたない]
(adj) immodest; unladylike; vulgar [K] [D] [Jisho] - 端緒 [たんしょ]
(n) a clue; start; beginning [K] [D] [Jisho] - 端的 [たんてき]
(adj-na) frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank [K] [D] [Jisho] - 端末 [たんまつ]
(n) computer terminal [K] [D] [Jisho] - 端末機 [たんまつき]
(n) a terminal (unit) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 中途半端 [ちゅうとはんぱ]
(adj-na,n) halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves [K] [D] [Jisho] - 道端 [みちばた]
(n) roadside; wayside [K] [D] [Jisho] - 発端 [ほったん]
(n) the beginning [K] [D] [Jisho] - 北端 [ほくたん]
(n) northern extremity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 末端 [まったん]
(n) end; tip; extremities [K] [D] [Jisho] - 両端 [りょうはし]
(n) both ends; either end; both edges; sitting on the fence [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.