端

端	U+7AEF, 端 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7AEF

Han character

端 (Kangxi radical 117, 立+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿山一月 (YTUMB), four-corner 0212₇, composition ⿰立耑)

Derived characters

𭋬, 𭢺, 𧞖, 𦾸, 𤻨, 𥵣

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 872, character 32
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25806
Dae Jaweon: page 1303, character 20
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2714, character 1
Unihan data for U+7AEF

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simp. and trad.		端
alternative forms		耑

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 端
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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	Old Chinese
揣	toːlʔ, sʰrolʔ
褍	toːlʔ, toːn
惴	*tjols
圌	djol, djon
篅	djol, djon
瑞	*djols
端	*toːn
剬	toːn, tjonʔ
偳	toːn, tʰoːn
鍴	*toːn
耑	*toːn
踹	toːns, djonʔ
湍	tʰoːn, tjon
煓	*tʰoːn
貒	tʰoːn, tʰoːns
諯	stʰons, tjon, tʰjons, djon
顓	*tjon
喘	*tʰjonʔ
遄	*djon
輲	*djon
椯	*djon
歂	djon, djonʔ
腨	*djonʔ

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Characters in the same phonetic series (耑) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *toːn) : semantic 立 + phonetic 耑 (OC *toːn).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character	端
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	多官切
Baxter	twan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/tʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/tuɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/twan/
Li Rong	/tuɑn/
Wang Li	/tuɑn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	duān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dyun¹

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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	端
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	duān
Middle Chinese	‹ twan ›
Old Chinese	/*tˁor/
English	tip (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

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Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	端
Reading #	1/1
No.	2500
Phonetic component	耑
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	端
Old Chinese	/*toːn/

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Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): duān (duan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): duan¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tôn
Eastern Min (BUC): duăng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): duang¹ / duong¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): toaⁿ / toan

(Teochew, Peng'im): duêng¹ / duang¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹toe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duān
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duan
  - Wade–Giles: tuan¹
  - Yale: dwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duan
  - Palladius: дуань (duanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: duan¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: duan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuan⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: dyun¹
  - Yale: dyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dün¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: don^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: don¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ton²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: duăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuaŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: duang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuaŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: duong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuoŋ⁵³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tuann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dvoaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tuã³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tuã⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toan
  - Tâi-lô: tuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doafn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tuan³³/

Note:

toaⁿ - vernacular;
toan - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: duêng¹ / duang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tueng / tuang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tueŋ³³/, /tuaŋ³³/

Note:

duêng1 - Chaozhou;
duang1 - Shantou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹toe
  - MiniDict: toe^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹toe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tø⁵³/

Middle Chinese: twan

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤor/

(Zhengzhang): /*toːn/

Definitions

端

to hold something level with hand
end; tip
beginning; start
開端／开端 ― kāiduān ― beginning
upright; erect
端正 ― duānzhèng ― upright; proper
(of a person) decent; upright; proper
to wipe out; to destroy altogether
警方端掉販毒窩點。 [MSC, trad.]
警方端掉贩毒窝点。 [MSC, simp.]
Jǐngfāng duān diào fàndú wōdiǎn. [Pinyin]
The police destroyed the lair of drug lords.
(figurative, colloquial, derogatory, usually followed by 著／着) to put on airs; to act pretentiously
(～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 端 (MC twan)
a surname: Duan

Compounds

一端 (yīduān)
三端
不端 (bùduān)
不端不正
事端 (shìduān)
他端
作惡多端／作恶多端 (zuò'èduōduān)
侵剝百端／侵剥百端
借端 (jièduān)
兩端／两端
八端 (bāduān)
兵端
前端 (qiánduān)
千條萬端／千条万端
千狀萬端／千状万端
千端萬緒／千端万绪
千緒萬端／千绪万端
南端 (nánduān)
右端
品行端醇
四端
埻端
多端 (duōduān)
多端寡要
大端 (dàduān)
如入雲端／如入云端
好端端 (hǎoduānduān)
尖端 (jiānduān)
尖端放電／尖端放电
尖端科技
尾端
履端
平白無端／平白无端
弄筆端／弄笔端
弊端 (bìduān)
持兩端／持两端
攻乎異端／攻乎异端
更端
末端 (mòduān)
析律貳端／析律贰端
東端／东端 (dōngduān)
極端／极端 (jíduān)
極端分子／极端分子 (jíduān fènzǐ)
毫端
海端 (Hǎiduān)
無端／无端 (wúduān)
爭端／争端 (zhēngduān)
玄端
生端
異端／异端 (yìduān)
異端邪說／异端邪说
疋端
發端／发端 (fāduān)
發端詞／发端词
百端
百端交集
百端待舉／百端待举 (bǎiduān dàijǔ)
視端容寂／视端容寂
禍端／祸端 (huòduān)
萬端／万端 (wànduān)
萬緒千端／万绪千端
端五 (Duānwǔ)
端人
端人正士
端倪 (duānní)
端兆
端公
端凝
端切
端午 (Duānwǔ)
端午節／端午节 (Duānwǔjié)
端嚴／端严
端坐 (duānzuò)
端子 (duānzi)
端子插頭／端子插头
端居
端拱
端揆
端整
端方
端木 (Duānmù)
端本正源
端本清源
端本澄源
端架子
端正 (duānzhèng)
端溪
端然
端的 (duāndì)
端盒
端盤子／端盘子
端相
端石
端硯／端砚 (duānyàn)
端端正正
端粒 (duānlì)
端緒／端绪 (duānxù)
端肅／端肃
端莊／端庄 (duānzhuāng)
端詞／端词
端詳／端详 (duānxiáng)
端賴／端赖
端量
端門／端门
端陽／端阳 (Duānyáng)
端陽競渡／端阳竞渡
端雅
端麗／端丽 (duānlì)
筆端／笔端 (bǐduān)
終端／终端 (zhōngduān)
終端機／终端机 (zhōngduānjī)
肇端 (zhàoduān)
臺端／台端
藉端／借端 (jièduān)
要端
詭計多端／诡计多端 (guǐjìduōduān)
詭變多端／诡变多端
變化多端／变化多端 (biànhuàduōduān)
變化萬端／变化万端
變端／变端
造端
連鍋端／连锅端
遠端會議／远端会议
遠端簽入／远端签入
邪說異端／邪说异端
釁端／衅端 (xìnduān)
開端／开端 (kāiduān)
雲端／云端 (yúnduān)
頂端／顶端 (dǐngduān)
首尾兩端／首尾两端 (shǒuwěiliǎngduān)
首施兩端／首施两端 (shǒushīliǎngduān)
首鼠兩端／首鼠两端 (shǒushǔliǎngduān)
鬼計多端／鬼计多端

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (端):

→ Japanese: 端(たん) (tan)
→ Korean: 단(端) (dan)
→ Vietnamese: đoan (端)

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Kanji

端

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

Go-on: たん (tan, Jōyō)
Kan-on: たん (tan, Jōyō)
Kun: はし (hashi, 端, Jōyō)、は (ha, 端, Jōyō)、はた (hata, 端, Jōyō)、はな (hana, 端)

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端
はし Grade: S
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Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はし [hàshí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ha̠ɕi]

Noun

端(はし) • (hashi)

an edge; the beginning or end of something

References

[1]
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
[2]
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
[3]
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Hanja

端 (eumhun 끝 단 (kkeut dan))

hanja form^? of 단 (“end”)
hanja form^? of 단 (“(geography) cape”)
hanja form^? of 단 (“clue”)

Compounds

극단 (極端, geukdan, “extreme, polarity”)
말단 (末端, maldan, “end”)
단서 (端緖, danseo, “clue”)
발단 (發端, baldan, “beginning, origin”)

Han character

端: Hán Nôm readings: đoan

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[NHK-1] [1]
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-2] [2]
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] [3]
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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