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Kanji Grade 5 - 断

Kanji character Grade 5 断. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 5 - 断
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severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting
Kun: た.つ、 ことわ.る、 さだ.める
On: ダン
11 strokes
Radical: axe 斤
Parts: 一 | 斤 米
 
Onyomi
断 【ダン】 decision, judgment, resolution
断言 【ダンゲン】 assertion, declaration, affirmation
独断 【ドクダン】 one's own judgement (judgment), decision made without consulting others, arbitrary decision, dogmatism
縦断 【ジュウダン】 running through (north-south), cutting across, travelling across, cutting vertically, sectioning longitudinally
 
Kunyomi
断つ 【たつ】 to sever, to cut off, to suppress, to eradicate, to exterminate, to abstain (from), to give up
断る 【ことわる】 to refuse, to reject, to dismiss, to turn down, to decline, to inform, to give notice, to tell in advance, to ask leave, to excuse oneself (from)
断るまでもなく 【ことわるまでもなく】 needless to say