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端
duān
1. end
2. extremity
3. item
4. port
5. to hold sth level with both hands
6. to carry
7. regular
HSK 6 Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 14 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

端
duān
end, extreme; head; beginning
HSK 6 14 丶

Compound Words (20)

不端
bùduān
improper
事端
shìduān
disturbance
低端
dīduān
low-end
借端
jièduān
to use as pretext
两端
liǎngduān
both ends (of a stick etc)
前端
qiánduān
front
北端
běiduān
northern extremity
南端
nánduān
southern end or extremity
台端
táiduān
you (in a formal letter)
报端
bàoduān
in the newspaper(s)
多端
duōduān
multifarious
尖端
jiānduān
sharp pointed end
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底端
dǐduān
bottom
弊端
bìduān
malpractice
HSK 6
末端
mòduān
tip
极端
jíduān
extreme
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海端
Hǎiduān
Haiduan or Haituan township in Taitung county [[臺東縣|台东县<Táidōngxiàn>]], southeast Taiwan
无端
wúduān
for no reason at all
争端
zhēngduān
dispute
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甪端
Lùduān
Luduan, mythical Chinese beast able to detect the truth

Alternate Entries

端
duān
old variant of [[端<duān>]] / start / origin
HSK 6

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
915
Word Frequency Rank
2,274 of 84,292