斷

See also: 断
斷 U+65B7, 斷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65B7
← 斶
[U+65B6] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 斸 →
[U+65B8]

Translingual

Han character

斷 (radical 69, 斤+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女戈竹一中 (VIHML), four-corner 22721, composition ⿰㡭斤)

References
  • KangXi: page 480, character 35
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13611
  • Dae Jaweon: page 841, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2028, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+65B7

Chinese
trad. 斷
simp. 断
variant forms 𣃔

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 斷
Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions Chu Slip and silk script Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 𢇍 (“to cut”) + 斤 (“axe”).

Before the Qin dynasty, this character was written as 𠸿 or 𠜷.

Pronunciation 1
Note:
  • tyun5 - vernacular;
  • dyun6 - literary.
Note:
  • dōng - vernacular (“to snap; to cut off”);
  • duâng - literary (“to cut off”).
Note:
  • tn̄g/tňg/tūiⁿ - vernacular;
  • toān/toǎn - literary.
Note:
  • deng6 - vernacular;
  • duang6/duêng6 - literary.
Rime
Character 斷 斷
Reading # 2/3 1/3
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 桓 (62) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 徒管切 都管切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /duɑnX/ /tuɑnX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /dʷɑnX/ /tʷɑnX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /duɑnX/ /tuɑnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /dwanX/ /twanX/
Li
Rong		 /duɑnX/ /tuɑnX/
Wang
Li		 /duɑnX/ /tuɑnX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /dʱuɑnX/ /tuɑnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 duàn duǎn
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 斷 斷
Reading # 1/3 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 duàn duàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dwanX › ‹ twanX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*N-tˁo[n]ʔ/ /*tˁo[n]ʔ/
English be cut in two cut in two

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 斷 斷
Reading # 3/3 1/3
No. 2540 2538
Phonetic
component		 斷 斷
Rime
group		 元 元
Rime
subdivision		 3 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 斷 短
Old
Chinese		 /*doːnʔ/ /*toːnʔ/

Definitions

斷

  1. to break; to snap
  2. to cut off; to sever; to interrupt
    • 通話斷了。 / 通话断了。  ―  Tōnghuà duàn le.  ―  The line has gone dead.
  3. to give up; to abstain from; to quit

Pronunciation 2
Note: dyun6 - variant used in compounds.
Rime
Character 斷
Reading # 3/3
Initial (聲) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 丁貫切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /tuɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /tʷɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /tuɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /twanH/
Li
Rong		 /tuɑnH/
Wang
Li		 /tuɑnH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /tuɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 duàn
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 斷
Reading # 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 duàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ twanH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*tˁo[n]ʔ-s/
English cut off; decide

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 斷
Reading # 2/3
No. 2539
Phonetic
component		 斷
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 鍛
Old
Chinese		 /*toːns/

Definitions

斷

  1. to judge; to decide; to determine; to settle
  2. (used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly
  3. 29th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "decisiveness" (𝌢)

Compounds
Derived terms from 斷

Japanese

Shinjitai

 断

Kyūjitai

 斷

Kanji
斷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 断)

  1. sever
  2. cut off
  3. interrupt

Readings

Korean

Hanja

斷 • (dan) (hangeul 단, revised dan, McCune–Reischauer tan, Yale tan)

  1. sever
  2. cut off
  3. interrupt

Vietnamese

Han character

斷 (đoán, đoạn)

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