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On'yomi
タン
TAN
Kun'yomi
はし・は・はた・-ばた・はな
hashi / ha / hata / bata / hana

edge · origin · end · point · border · verge · cape

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Strokes14
Frequency#960
Radicalstand(5)

Stroke Order

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Strokes14

Component Breakdown

=

stand + 耑

Cultural Context

Etymology

Composed of stand and phonetic. Standing at edge.

Symbolism

Edge, tip, both ends. Represents edge.

Words & Expressions

Four-Character Compounds

多事多端

たじたたん

eventfulness; pressure of business; eventfulness

中途半端

ちゅうとはんぱ

halfway; half measures; unfinished; halfway

容姿端麗

ようしたんれい

attractive face and figure; attractive face and figure

諸事万端

しょじばんたん

everything; all things; everything

異端邪説

いたんじゃせつ

heretical doctrine (thought, faith); heretical doctrine (thought, faith)

万事万端

ばんじばんたん

everything; all things; all affairs; everything

首鼠両端

しゅそりょうたん

being unable to make up one's mind; sitting on the fence; being unable to make up one's mind

千緒万端

せんしょばんたん

all sorts of things; all manner of affairs; all sorts of things

Proverbs & Idioms

端から端まで

はしからはしまで

From end to end

Completely, thoroughly

Poetry

和歌(百人一首) (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))

百敷や ふるき軒端の しのぶにも なほあまりある 昔なりけり

Poem #100 from Hyakunin Isshu

順徳院Emperor Juntoku
13th century