Kanji 端: "edge, origin, end"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 端

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 端はしend (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge · beginning; start; first
• 途と端たんjust (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as
• 先せん端たんpointed end; tip; point; cusp (of a leaf, crescent moon, etc.) · forefront; vanguard; spearhead; leading edge
• 途と端たんにjust as; right after; in the act of; as soon as
• 中ちゅう途と半はん端ぱhalfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete
• 極きょく端たんextreme; extremity
• 半はん端ぱremnant; fragment; incomplete set; incompleteness · fraction; odd sum
• 片かたっ端ぱしからabsolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly
• 端はしからevery last one; one and all; from A to Z · as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
• 一いっ端たんone end; an end · part; fragment
• 口くちの端はgossip · corner of the mouth
• 端たん末まつterminal; computer terminal · information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.)

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