端
부수: 立
획수: 14획
端 has the meanings straight, correct, extremity and beginning.
端 = 立 + 耑
X = semantic + semantic/phonetic
• 立 depicts a person standing on the ground and means ‘to stand’.
• 耑 originally depicted a sprouting plant and represents the meaning ‘to sprout’.
Evolution:
端 = to stand up straight ➔ straight ➔ correct
端 = to stand up straight ➔ straight ➔ extremity
端 = to stand up straight ➔ beginning
耑 = 山 + 而
• 山 is a distortion of an earlier form depicting leaves. It does not mean ‘mountain’ in 耑.
• 而 is a distortion of an earlier form depicting roots. It does not mean ‘beard’ in 耑.
Mnemonic
Imagine 耑 as a typical house plant. The two ends of the plant, the roots 而 and the leaves 山 represent the two extremities 端. If you take care of the house plant, it will grow up straight 立.
Vocab
| 端的 | 단적 | straightforward; direct |
| 端正히 | 단정히 | correctly; neatly |
| 端雅 | 단아 | elegance; grace |
| 弊端 | 폐단 | vice; negative effect |
| 異端 | 이단 | heresy; cult |
| 惹端 | 야단 | uproar; scolding; predicament |
| 極端 | 극단 | extreme; furthest limit |
| 尖端 | 첨단 | tip; cutting edge; advanced |
| 末端 | 말단 | end; bottom |
| 一端 | 일단 | one end; part |
| 兩端 | 양단 | both ends |
| 端役 | 단역 | minor role (theatre) |
| 大端히 | 대단히 | very much; greatly |
| 發端 | 발단 | beginning; source |
| 端初 | 단초 | motive; beginning |
| 端緖 | 단서 | clue; first step |
| 端午 | 단오 | Dano (수릿날) |
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Bibliography
Affiliate links help support uK.
— Daum 사전, [s.v. 端].
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 1393]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 端, 立, 耑, 山, 而].
— Seely, C., Henshall, K.G., & Fan, J. (2016). The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters, [s.v. 1691]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.