Kanken 1 / Pre-Level 1
斷

Meaning

Kanji 斷

cut off

cut off, interrupt, sever

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
ことわ.るさだ.めるた.つ
Onyomi 音読み
ダン
Nanori 名乗り
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Variant: 断 (Shinjitai) , 㫁 (Itaiji)

Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
18
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1 / Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji
繼 • 㡭 • 檵 • 䜝 • 䠪

Related vocabulary

2 common entries

Showing 2 of 2 entries that include this kanji.

断つ

たつ

to abstain (from)

言語道断

ごんごどうだん

outrageous

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は電話を斷った。

He cut off the phone call.

雨で試合は斷たれた。

The match was interrupted by rain.

敵は橋を壊して道を斷った。

The enemy destroyed the bridge and cut off the road.

彼女は私の話を斷って答えた。

She interrupted me and then answered.

事故で村への道が斷たれた。

The road to the village was cut off by an accident.