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今日の漢字
Secondary schoolJLPT N1

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

14 strokes · frequency rank #960

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はし、は、はた、-ばた、はな

Stroke order

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Common words

  1. はしend (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge1
    • Will you please hold this edge?

    • I walked the length of the street.

    • I hit my funny bone on the edge of the table.

  2. きょくたんextreme; extremity2
    • Aren't you pushing it too far?

    • They are the extreme cases.

    • His way of thinking is a bit extreme.

  3. せんたんpointed end; tip; point; cusp (of a leaf, crescent moon, etc.)3
    • Past the west coasts of Europe and Africa to the tip of southern Africa.

    • She is on the cutting edge.

    • What you see above the water is just the tip of the iceberg.

  4. ほったんorigin; genesis; opening; start4
    • It all started in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955.

    • The beginning of the trouble was his careless remark.

    • That popular television series is going to spin off two new shows in the fall.

  5. いったんone end; an end5
    • You are quite a man.

    • His death was partly my fault.

    • I think you're partly to blame for the negotiation breakdown.

  6. さいせんたんcutting edge; leading edge; forefront; state of the art6
  7. りょうたんboth ends; either end; both edges7
    • Please join the two ends of the tape together.

    • Burning the candle at both ends reduces the candle to wax in a hurry - just like a playboy having a pretty girl on each arm.

  8. ほくたんnorthern extremity8
  9. はんぱremnant; fragment; incomplete set; incompleteness9
    • I only ride a bicycle at odd times.

  10. かわばたriverside; riverbank10
    • In his boyhood, Yasunari Kawabata took care of his grandfather.

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