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段
Duàn
1. surname Duan
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 9 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

段
duàn
section, piece, division
HSK 3 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

中段
zhōngduàn
middle chapter
分段
fēnduàn
segment
前段
qiánduàn
first part
唱段
chàngduàn
aria (in opera)
地段
dìduàn
chapter
字段
zìduàn
(numeric, data) field
后段
hòuduàn
final part
手段
shǒuduàn
method
时段
shíduàn
time interval
末段
mòduàn
final segment
桥段
qiáoduàn
scene
段子
duànzi
item of storytelling or performed dialogue (folk arts)
段数
duànshù
rank
段氏
Duànshì
a branch of the Xianbei [[鮮卑|鲜卑]] nomadic people
段落
duànluò
phase
波段
bōduàn
wave band
片段
piànduàn
fragment (of speech etc)
网段
wǎngduàn
network segment
线段
xiànduàn
line segment
航段
hángduàn
leg of air or sea voyage

Alternate Entries

段
duàn
paragraph / chapter / segment / stage (of a process) / classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc
HSK 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
566
Word Frequency Rank
1,325 of 84,292

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