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断

Level III of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 298 / 2,608

Cut Off

On’yomi
だん
Kun’yomi
ことわ、た
Radical
斤 Axe (Kangxi 69)

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

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

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 dismissN3
断水 だんすい water outageN2
断定 だんてい conclusion,decisionN2

断 is rank 298 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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