Word Meaning 断頭台

だんとうだい dantoudai

断頭台 is read as だんとうだい (dantoudai) and means (beheading) block.

Meaning

English

(beheading) block
guillotine
scaffold

Reading

Kana

だんとうだい

Romaji

dantoudai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 92653 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

台頭

たいとう

rise (e.g. of a movement)

断つ

たつ

to abstain (from)

断念

だんねん

abandoning (hope, plans)

断る

ことわる

to ask leave

断定

だんてい

affirmative

断水

だんすい

suspension of water supply

断然

だんぜん

definitely (wrong, different, etc.)

断じて

だんじて

absolutely

断絶

だんぜつ

extinction (e.g. of a family)

断言

だんげん

assertion

断

だん

decision

断続

だんぞく

intermittence

Example Sentences

チャールズ１世は断頭台で処刑された。

Charles I had his head cut off.