端 (duān): (bound form) tip, end, extremity, (bound form) aspect, facet, (bound form) upright, proper
端 (duān) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) tip.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 立 (semantic) and 耑 (phonetic). It ranks #916 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 端 stand. Its radical form 立 (stand) appears in many related characters such as 站 (zhàn, station), 立 (lì, to stand), 童 (tóng, child).
Definitions
- (bound form) tip
- end
- extremity
- (bound form) aspect
- facet
- (bound form) upright
- proper
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 端
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开端 | kāi duān | start |
| 顶端 | dǐng duān | summit |
| 争端 | zhēng duān | dispute |
| 终端 | zhōng duān | end |
| 末端 | mò duān | tip |
| 尖端 | jiān duān | sharp pointed end |
| 无端 | wú duān | for no reason at all |
| 端庄 | duān zhuāng | dignified |
| 异端 | yì duān | heresy |
| 事端 | shì duān | disturbance |
| 端正 | duān zhèng | upright |
| 诡计多端 | guǐ jì duō duān | deceitful in many ways (idiom) |
| 端倪 | duān ní | boundary |
| 前端 | qián duān | front |
| 两端 | liǎng duān | both ends (of a stick etc) |
端 appears in 100 compound words: 36 as the first character, 48 as the last, and 16 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 端 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
Example Sentences
端字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
duān zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The character "端" has different usages in different contexts.
民调前夕 江启臣固桩本命区 杨琼璎端政绩
mín diào qián xī jiāng qǐ chén gù zhuāng běn mìng qū yáng 琼 璎 duān zhèng jì
On the eve of the polls, Jiang Qichen solidified the pile of the natal district Yang Qiongying's political achievements
...伦比亚对厄瓜多商品征收30%关税 贸易争端升级
. . . lún bǐ yà duì è guā duō shāng pǐn zhēng shōu 3 0 guān shuì mào yì zhēng duān shēng jí
... Colombia imposes a 30% tariff on Ecuadorian goods Trade dispute escalates
刘强东官宣“第二事业”,投资50亿进军高端游艇,“已接到订单,均价约6000万欧元...
liú qiáng dōng guān xuān dì èr shì yè , tóu zī 5 0 yì jìn jūn gāo duān yóu tǐng , yǐ jiē dào dìng dān , jūn jià yuē 6 0 0 0 wàn ōu yuán . . .
Liu Qiangdong officially announced his "second career" and invested 5 billion yuan to enter high-end yachts, "has received orders, with an average price of about 60 million euros...
...025年第四季度业绩:CAFD达到指引高端,预计增长19%
. . . 0 2 5 nián dì sì jì dù yè jì : C A F D dá dào zhǐ yǐn gāo duān , yù jì zēng cháng 1 9
... Q4 2025 results: CAFD at the high end of guidance, expected to grow by 19%
在这个城市，白人和黑人间的争端愈演愈烈。
Zài zhège chéngshì, báirén hé hēirén jiān de zhēngduān yù yǎn yù liè.
The conflict between blacks and whites in the city became worse.
青年人总爱挑战极端。
Qīngniánrén zǒng ài tiǎozhàn jíduān.
Young people are apt to go to extremes.
关于教育，他持极端意见。
Guānyú jiàoyù, tā chí jíduān yìjiàn.
He holds an extreme opinion on education.
你的建议有点极端。
Nǐ de jiànyì yǒudiǎn jíduān.
Your proposal is a bit extreme.
横街的那端有一个幼儿园。
Héngjiē de nà duān yǒu yī gè yòu'éryuán.
There is a kindergarten at the other end of the street.
Character Family
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