端 — edge, origin, end, point, border, verge, cape

Readings

On'yomi

タン

Kun'yomi

はしははた-ばたはな

Example words

• 端はし(1) end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin (2) beginning; start; first (3) odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least
• 極端きょくたんextreme; extremity
• 先端せんたんpointed end; tip; fine point; spearhead; cusp; vanguard; advanced; leading edge; apex (of a curve)
• 半端はんぱremnant; fragment; incomplete set; fraction; odd sum; incompleteness
• 途端とたんjust (now, at the moment, etc.)
• 出端では(1) chance of going out; opportunity (to succeed) (2) musical accompaniment for an actor going on stage