Question

端 はし、は、はた、-ばた、はな edge, origin, end, point, border, verge, cape 1 960 14 117 たつ・たつへん 形声 Phonetic Have you ever seen those shots in movies where the hero is standing at the edge of a sheer mountain face, hair blowing in the wind? It probably wouldn´t seem so heroic if you saw him ten minutes earlier, when a crew of stylists was carefully combing his hair so it would fall perfectly.

Accepted Answer

タン ただし, みず 端(はし): (1) end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin (2) beginning; start; first (3) odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least極端(きょくたん): extreme; extremity先端(せんたん): pointed end; tip; fine point; spearhead; cusp; vanguard; advanced; leading edge; apex (of a curve)半端(はんぱ): remnant; fragment; incomplete set; fraction; odd sum; incompleteness途端(とたん): just (now, at the moment, etc.)出端(では): (1) chance of going out; opportunity (to succeed) (2) musical accompaniment for an actor going on stage S 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect耑: specialized; concentrated 立 5 (none) edge When you stand a comb on its edge, it looks like the mountain (#768) kanji.

Kanji	端
Onyomi	タン
Kunyomi	はし、は、はた、-ばた、はな
Nanori	ただし, みず
English	edge, origin, end, point, border, verge, cape
Examples	端(はし): (1) end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin (2) beginning; start; first (3) odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least 極端(きょくたん): extreme; extremity 先端(せんたん): pointed end; tip; fine point; spearhead; cusp; vanguard; advanced; leading edge; apex (of a curve) 半端(はんぱ): remnant; fragment; incomplete set; fraction; odd sum; incompleteness 途端(とたん): just (now, at the moment, etc.) 出端(では): (1) chance of going out; opportunity (to succeed) (2) musical accompaniment for an actor going on stage
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	960
Components	立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 耑: specialized; concentrated
Number of Strokes	14
Kanji Radical	立
Radical Number	117
Radical Strokes	5
Radical Reading	たつ・たつへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	edge
Koohii Story 1	Have you ever seen those shots in movies where the hero is standing at the edge of a sheer mountain face, hair blowing in the wind? It probably wouldn´t seem so heroic if you saw him ten minutes earlier, when a crew of stylists was carefully combing his hair so it would fall perfectly.
Koohii Story 2	When you stand a comb on its edge, it looks like the mountain (#768) kanji.

Edge Tip Point Odd Stand Mountain Hair 端