段

段 (Kangxi radical 79, 殳+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹十竹弓水 (HJHNE), four-corner 7744₇, composition ⿰⿰丨亖殳)

• 𠩻, 𨺣, 𪝒, 塅, 缎, 𢀤, 𢝪, 𢯫, 𣹂, 𪦋, 㱭, 椴, 煅, 瑖, 腶, 𪰴, 碫, 锻 緞, 葮, 𧎚, 毈, 𧷃, 𧹮, 𨉨, 𫏗, 鍛, 𩋦, 𩏇, 𩤣, 𩹨

• KangXi: page 584, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16619
• Dae Jaweon: page 977, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2155, character 10
• Unihan data for U+6BB5

Origin is unknown or unclear.

段

1. section; piece; division
2. administrative unit; department
3. (sports) grade; level (in chess, martial arts, etc.)
4. Classifier for a segment or section of something that is long: piece; segment
5. Classifier for a distance or a period of time.
6. Classifier for writing, speech, etc.
7. a surname

   段祺瑞  ―  Duàn Qíruì  ―  Duan Qirui (Chinese warlord and politician)

The component on the left-hand side of the character can be referred to as 段字旁 (duànzìpáng).

• (classifier for a segment or section): (Cantonese, Min) 橛 (gyut⁶)

• → Thai: ตอน (dtɔɔn)

• (Min Nan pronunciation audio) “Entry #5136”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. step
2. rank; grade

• Go-on: だん (dan, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: たん (tan)
• Kun: きたえる (kitaeru); わかち (wakachi)

段(だん) • (dan) 

1. steps (up and down); stairs
2. rating; ranking
3. row; line (of text)
4. (mathematics) multiplication table

   12(じゅうに)の段(だん)

   jūni no dan

   12 times table

5. (typography) the equivalent to a column in Western layout, but that can be horizontal or vertical depending on the writing direction

   Meronym: 行 (gyō, “line”)

   段(だん)数(すう)

   dansū

   a column count

   段(だん)間(かん)

   dankan

   column spacing; gutter

段(だん) • (-dan) 

1. (after a number) -th rank; -th degree black belt (in karate, judo, etc)
2. a section (horizonal line) in the gojūon table, which consists of kanas that have or historically have a same vowel

   は行(ぎょう)う段(だん)

   ha-gyō u-dan

   row ha, section u (of consonant /h/ and vowel /u/)

3. (typography, newspapers) a unit in newspaper typesetting, equal to 1408 mils, ¹⁴⁰⁸⁄₁₀₀₀ in, 128 U and 16 倍 (bai)

• 行(ぎょう) (gyō)

From Middle Chinese 段 (MC duɑn^H). Recorded as Middle Korean ⿰⿰丨亖⿱コ又/단〯 (tǎn) (Yale: tan) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Wikisource 段 (eumhun 구분 단 (gubun dan))

1. Hanja form^? of 단 (“step”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

段: Hán Nôm readings: đoạn, đoàn

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