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端

끝

단

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

straight
端的	단적	straightforward; direct
correct
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
extremity
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
beginning
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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