端
duān HSK6

end, hold with both hands

端 duān frequency
hold verb
to carry or hold something level with both hands

服务员端来了热咖啡。

fú​wù​yuán duān​lái le rè kā​fēi.

The waiter brought over some hot coffee.

upright adjective
straight, proper, or honest in posture or character

他坐得很端，神情专注，不苟言笑。

tā zuò de hěn duān, shén​qíng zhuān​zhù, bù​gǒu​yán​xiào.

He sat very upright, focused and serious.

end measure word
the tip, end, or extremity of an object

他握住绳子的一端。

tā wò​zhù shéng​zi de yī duān.

He held onto one end of the rope.

aspect measure word
a specific point, aspect, or facet of a situation

这个方案的利益与风险各占一端。

zhè gè fāng'àn de lì​yì yǔ fēng​xiǎn gè zhàn yī duān.

The benefits and risks of this plan are balanced on either side.

eliminate verb
to wipe out or destroy completely, such as a criminal base

警方成功端掉了一个诈骗团伙。

jǐng​fāng chéng​gōng duān diào le yī gè zhà​piàn tuán​huǒ.

The police successfully busted a fraud gang.

端 (耑) duān
origin noun
the beginning, source, or starting point of something

这次祸端是由他们之间的利益冲突引起的。

zhè cì huò​duān shì yóu tā​men zhī​jiān de lì​yì chōng​tū yǐn​qǐ de.

The source of this trouble was the conflict of interest between them.

Frequency
Character
Written text
916th most common 187.2 per million
Movie subtitles
1,475th most common 45.1 per million appears in 23% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
17.7 per million appears in 7% of films
Written text
103.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
14
Unicode
U+7AEF

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)