Chinese symbol for “extremity”
端
duān
(bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry
The closest CC-CEDICT match for extremity is 端 (duān), defined as: (bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; to eliminate; to wipe out.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “extremity”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尽头 (盡頭) | jìn tóu | end; extremity; limit |
| 末端 | mò duān | tip; extremity |
| 末尾 | mò wěi | end; tip; extremity |
| 尾 | wěi | tail; remainder |
| 倪 | ní | (literary) small child; (literary) limit; bound; extremity |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 端.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 极端 (極端) | jí duān | extreme |
| 高端 | gāo duān | high-end |
| 客户端 (客戶端) | kè hù duān | client (computing) |
| 终端 (終端) | zhōng duān | end; terminal |
| 开端 (開端) | kāi duān | start; beginning |
| 争端 (爭端) | zhēng duān | dispute; controversy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “extremity”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.