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耑

duān, zhuān

tip, start, extremity

Pictograph of the roots and leaves of a plant, i.e. the extremities of a plant.

Evolution

耑 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
耑 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
耑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
耑 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
耑 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

耑  

duān

specialized; concentrated

专 (耑) 

zhuān

variant of 專|专[zhuān]

端 (耑) 

duān

old variant of 端[duān]; start; origin

Most common words with 耑
Freq.
Word
Meaning

专家

expert

专业

specialty

专门

specialist

专辑

album

专

special

Component uses

Sound component in 10 characters (2 verified)

端 瑞 喘 揣 惴 湍 踹 顓 颛 遄

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tˤor

twan

duān

tip (n.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 56.4793% of movies

771st most common character in movies

485th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Simplified

端专

Unicode

U+8011

Shuowen

“耑，物初生之題也。上象生形，下象其根也。”


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