断 duàn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 斤 — axe
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
断
duàn
to break; to cut off
Character
Example phrases
- 绳子断了。 Shéngzi duàn le. The rope broke.
- 电话断了。 Diànhuà duàn le. The phone call got cut off.
- 水断了。 Shuǐ duàn le. The water was cut off.
Related words
- 不断 búduàn continuously; nonstop
- 判断 pànduàn to judge
- 诊断 zhěnduàn to diagnose; diagnosis
- 中断 zhōngduàn to interrupt; to break off
- 束 shù a bundle; to tie up
- 排 pái to line up; to arrange
- 追 zhuī to chase
- 展开 zhǎnkāi to unfold; to begin
- 把握 bǎwò confidence; to grasp
- 整理 zhěnglǐ to tidy up; to arrange
- 解开 jiěkāi to untie; to undo
- 合 hé to join; to fit