# 断 — Cut Off

Frequency rank 298 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 検 (Examine), less common than 示 (Indicate).

- On’yomi: だん
- Kun’yomi: ことわ、た
- Radical: 斤 Axe (Kangxi 69)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

The cook swings the Axe down through the Rice sack to reach the Lion's paw pinning it to the block, and the paw comes Cut Off at the wrist with the grain still pouring out over it.

In words:

- 断る ことわる — to refuse,to decline,to dismiss
- 断水 だんすい — water outage
- 断定 だんてい — conclusion,decision

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