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端
耑
duān
1. old variant of [[端<duān>]]
2. start
3. origin
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)

弊端
bìduān
malpractice
HSK 6
不端
bùduān
improper
争端
zhēngduān
dispute
HSK 6
甪端
Lùduān
Luduan, mythical Chinese beast able to detect the truth
异端
yìduān
heresy
发端
fāduān
beginning
盲端
mángduān
cecum (start of the colon, linking it to small intestine)
眉端
méiduān
tip of the eyebrows
端上
duānshàng
to serve (food, tea etc)
端五
Duānwǔ
variant of [[端午<Duānwǔ>]]
端倪
duānní
boundary land
端午
Duānwǔ
see [[端午節|端午节<Duānwǔjié>]]
端口
duānkǒu
interface
端坐
duānzuò
to sit upright
端子
duānzi
terminal (electronics)
端尿
duānniào
to support a child (or invalid etc) while he or she urinates
端屎
duānshǐ
to support a child (or invalid etc) while he or she defecates
端州
Duānzhōu
Duanzhou district of Zhaoqing city [[肇慶市|肇庆市<Zhàoqìngshì>]], Guangdong
端方
duānfāng
upright
端木
Duānmù
two-character surname Duanmu

Alternate Entries

端
duān
end / extremity / item / port / to hold sth level with both hands / to carry / regular
HSK 6

Metadata

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

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