断 (duàn): meaning and stroke order

断 (duàn) means to break, to snap, to cut off, to give up or abstain from sth, to judge.

断

Simplified: 断
Traditional: 斷
Pinyin: duàn

Stroke order of 断

断

duàn to break; to snap
11 strokes
Traditional form: 斷

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 断

duàn Traditional 斷
- to break
- to snap
- to cut off
- to give up or abstain from sth
- to judge
- (usu. used in the negative) absolutely
- definitely
- decidedly

Radical and structure

断: Radical 斤 (Kangxi radical 69) · 11 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 断

切断 qiē duàn to cut off; to sever
断桥 Duàn Qiáo The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou)
判断 pàn duàn to judge; to determine

断 in our stories

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山被撞断了，天空向西北倾斜，日月星辰都滑向了那一边；大地则向东南塌陷，江河的水都向东流去。

shān bèi zhuàng duàn le tiānkōng xiàng xīběi qīngxié rì yuè xīngchén dōu huá xiàng le nà yìbiān dàdì zé xiàng dōngnán tāxiàn jiānghé de shuǐ dōu xiàng dōng liú qù

The mountain broke. The sky tilted towards the north-west and the sun, moon and stars slid that way, while the earth sank towards the south-east and all the rivers began to flow east.

From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
有一次，他们在荒野里断了粮，重耳饿得昏了过去。

yǒu yí cì tāmen zài huāngyě lǐ duàn le liáng Chóng'ěr è de hūn le guòqu

Once, in the wilderness, their food ran out, and Chong'er fainted from hunger.

From the story Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 断

Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).