端
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(bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; to eliminate; to wipe out
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 立 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 端
- Common rank
- #713
- Unicode
- U+7AEF
Sound it out + + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
upright · Heisig RSH #966
vase + prospector
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 端
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 变化多端 | changeable; changing; varied; full of changes | |
| 端州区 | Duanzhou, a district of Zhaoqing City 肇慶市|肇庆市[Zhao4 qing4 Shi4], Guangdong | |
| 远端工作 | to telecommute; to work remotely | |
| 极端分子 | extremist | |
| 全端工程师 | full-stack developer (computing) | |
| 低端人口 | low-paid workers in industries that offer jobs for the unskilled; derogatory-sounding abbr… | |
| 端阳节 | see 端午節|端午节[Duan1 wu3 jie2] | |
| 前端总线 | (computing) front-side bus (FSB) | |
| 极端主义 | extremism | |
| 不端 | improper; dishonorable | |
| 端子 | terminal (electronics) | |
| 中端 | mid-range; mid-tier; middle segment; the middle part | |
| 无端 | for no reason at all | |
| 五官端正 | to have regular features | |
| 端上 | to serve (food, tea etc) | |
| 舞水端里 | Musudan-ri, North Korean rocket launch site in North Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡北道|咸镜北道[Xian2 ji… | |
| 高端 | high-end | |
| 发端 | to originate; to initiate; beginning; origin | |
| 西端 | western extremity | |
| 端面 | end face; end surface of a cylindrical object |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 耑 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耑 sound part | — | specialized; concentrated |
| 瑞 | auspicious; a good omen | |
| 喘 | to pant, to gasp, to breathe heavily | |
| 揣 | to stow in one's clothes; to estimate, to guess, to figure | |
| 湍 | current, rapids | |
| 颛 | good, honest, simple; respectful | |
| 惴 | nervous, apprehensive | |
| 踹 | to trample, to tread on; to kick; to crush | |
| 遄 | to hurry; to go to and fro |