Kanji N1

端: edge, origin, end

端 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning edge, origin, end, written with 14 strokes. It is read タン (on) and はし, は, はた (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 端 (はし, end) and 極端 (きょくたん, extreme).

端

Meanings

  • edge
  • origin
  • end
  • point
  • border
  • verge
  • cape
Strokes14
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#960 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • タン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • はし
  • は
  • はた
  • -ばた
  • はな

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 14. Start at the dot.

Common words with 端

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 端はし

    end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin

    JLPT N3
  • 極端きょくたん

    extreme; extremity

    JLPT N1
  • 先端せんたん

    pointed end; tip; point

    JLPT N2
  • 半端はんぱ

    remnant; fragment; incomplete set

    JLPT N1
  • 途端とたん

    just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as

    JLPT N3
  • 発端ほったん

    origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

  • 端末たんまつ

    terminal; computer terminal

  • 末端まったん

    end; tip; extremities; terminal

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.