Kanji N3

断: severance, decline, refuse

断 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning severance, decline, refuse, written with 11 strokes. It is read ダン (on) and たつ, ことわる, さだめる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 判断 (はんだん, judgment) and 横断 (おうだん, crossing).

断

Meanings

  • severance
  • decline
  • refuse
  • apologize
  • warn
  • dismiss
  • prohibit
  • decision
  • judgement
  • cutting
Strokes11
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#338 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ダン

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

Kun reading
  • たつ
  • ことわる
  • さだめる

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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Common words with 断

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

  • 判断はんだん

    judgment; judgement; decision; conclusion

    JLPT N3
  • 横断おうだん

    crossing (a road, river, etc.)

    JLPT N3
  • 断ることわる

    to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down

    JLPT N3
  • 決断けつだん

    decision; determination

    JLPT N1
  • 断言だんげん

    assertion; declaration; affirmation

    JLPT N1
  • 中断ちゅうだん

    interruption; suspension; break

    JLPT N1
  • 無断むだん

    absence of permission; lack of permission

    JLPT N1
  • 診断しんだん

    diagnosis; medical examination

    JLPT N2

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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; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.