端 (duān)

to hold (something level); end; extremity; upright

How 端 is written

Strokes
14
Radical
立 — stand erect
Traditional
端
Simplified
端 (unchanged)

Common words using 端

客戶端 kèhùduān
client (computing)
極端 jíduān
extreme
端正 duānzhèng
upright; regular; proper
終端 zhōngduān
end; terminal
開端 kāiduān
start; beginning
雲端 yúnduān
fig. high in the clouds
高端 gāoduān
high-end
不端 bùduān
improper; dishonorable
事端 shìduān
disturbance; incident
低端 dīduān
low-end
前端 qiánduān
front; front end; forward part of sth
北端 běiduān
northern extremity

端 in a sentence

服務生小心地把熱湯端上桌。

Fúwùshēng xiǎoxīnde bǎ rètāng duān shàngzhuō.

“The waiter carefully brought the hot soup to the table.”

How common is 端?

端 is the 914th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 87.7% of all running text.

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