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duàn

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duàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
duàn | duan4
English translation
to sever, to cut off, to interrupt

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About duàn

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

duàn

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

Threads yāo severed by an axe  jīn

Etymology of duàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰⿺?⿳⿰幺幺一幺幺斤

Explanation

Simplified form of duàn . Depicts cutting off threads with an axe ( jīn )

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Words with duàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
不断 bùduàn unceasing不斷
duàn to break duàn
判断 pànduàn to judge判斷
诊断 zhěnduàn diagnosis診斷
打断 dǎ duàn to interrupt打斷
切断 qiē duàn to cut off切斷
果断 guǒduàn firm果斷
垄断 lǒngduàn to monopolize壟斷
中断 zhōngduàn to cut short中斷
推断 tuī duàn to infer推斷
断裂 duàn liè fracture斷裂
判断力 pàn duàn lì judgment判斷力
断绝 duànjué to sever斷絕
折断 zhé duàn to break折斷
间断 jiàn duàn disconnected間斷
断定 duàndìng to conclude斷定
割断 gē duàn to cut off割斷
了断 liǎo duàn to bring to a conclusion了斷
阻断 zǔ duàn to block阻斷
断层 duàn céng fault (geology)斷層
片断 piànduàn section片斷
断电 duàn diàn power cut斷電
源源不断 yuán yuán bù duàn a steady flow (idiom); an unending stream源源不斷
决断 jué duàn resolution決斷
断言 duàn yán to assert斷言

duàn Decomposition & Compounds

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