端 — edge, origin, end

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi

• たん tan

Kun'yomi

• はし hashi
• は ha
• はた hata
• -ばた -bata
• はな hana

Words that use 端

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

• 途端 とたん just (now, at the moment, etc.) JLPT N3
• 端 はし end (e.g. of street) JLPT N3
• 先端 せんたん pointed end JLPT N2
• 極端 きょくたん extreme JLPT N1
• 半端 はんぱ remnant JLPT N1