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断 means 'refuse'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 350   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-9    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 22    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 106 words   Used in 340 words   Used in 39 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ダン
Kun
   ことわる to refuse, to decline   たつ to cut off
Additional readings
Kun    さだめる
Variants
斷  
Components
⿰  ⿺  𠃊 shelf  米 rice  斤 axe  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 断 is used 21 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 断 is used 333 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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ダン : 308 words FIND ALL
は ん だ ん 1 は ん だ ん 3
1. judgment; judgement; decision; conclusion; adjudication
2. divination
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ことわる : 12 words FIND ALL
こ と わ る 3
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline
2. to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance
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たつ : 9 words FIND ALL
た つ 1
'tsu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to sever; to cut off
2. to suppress; to eradicate; to exterminate
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たつ (read as だ) : 4 words FIND ALL
し お だ ち 0 し お だ ち 4
abstinence from salt (for vow or spiritual reasons)
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An additional 継 less common words include 断 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 773 (originally: 750)  Joy o' Kanji : 750  Key to Kanji: 719 

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断
ダン   ことわる to refuse, to decline   たつ to cut off   
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米
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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丷
eight
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
shelf
斤
キン   axe
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丅
カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだる to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
⺁
cliff
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