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
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Dict coverage rank #713 U+7AEF
How 端 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
立 (semantic, “stand”) + 耑 (phonetic)
How to remember it
upright · Heisig RSH #966
vase + prospector
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 耑
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 耑 (—) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耑 sound component | — | specialized; concentrated |
| 瑞 | ruì | auspicious; a good omen |
| 喘 | chuǎn | to pant, to gasp, to breathe heavily |
| 揣 | chuāi | to stow in one's clothes; to estimate, to guess, to figure |
| 湍 | tuān | current, rapids |
| 颛 | zhuān | good, honest, simple; respectful |
| 惴 | zhuì | nervous, apprehensive |
| 踹 | chuài | to trample, to tread on; to kick; to crush |
| 遄 | chuán | to hurry; to go to and fro |
Words containing 端
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 变化多端 | biàn huà duō duān | changeable; changing; varied; full of changes |
| 端州区 | Duān zhōu Qū | Duanzhou, a district of Zhaoqing City 肇慶市|肇庆市[Zhao4 qing4 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 远端工作 | yuǎn duān gōng zuò | to telecommute; to work remotely |
| 极端分子 | jí duān fèn zǐ | extremist |
| 全端工程师 | quán duān gōng chéng shī | full-stack developer (computing) |
| 低端人口 | dī duān rén kǒu | low-paid workers in industries that offer jobs for the unskilled; derogatory-sounding abbr… |
| 端阳节 | Duān yáng jié | see 端午節|端午节[Duan1 wu3 jie2] |
| 前端总线 | qián duān zǒng xiàn | (computing) front-side bus (FSB) |
| 极端主义 | jí duān zhǔ yì | extremism |
| 不端 | bù duān | improper; dishonorable |
| 端子 | duān zi | terminal (electronics) |
| 中端 | zhōng duān | mid-range; mid-tier; middle segment; the middle part |
| 无端 | wú duān | for no reason at all |
| 五官端正 | wǔ guān duān zhèng | to have regular features |
| 端上 | duān shàng | to serve (food, tea etc) |
| 舞水端里 | Wǔ shuǐ duān lǐ | Musudan-ri, North Korean rocket launch site in North Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡北道|咸镜北道[Xian2 ji… |
| 高端 | gāo duān | high-end |
| 发端 | fā duān | to originate; to initiate; beginning; origin |
| 西端 | xī duān | western extremity |
| 端面 | duān miàn | end face; end surface of a cylindrical object |