# 端 the edge

立 (stand up) + 山 (mountain) + (comb)
★★★☆☆
14 strokes
PN

## Onyomi

TAN | His TAN is so deep he is on the edge of getting a melanoma.

## Mnemonic

| Stand on the edge of the mountain and comb your hair (FYI you are super nonchalant)

## Kunyomi

はし | edge (always literal, never figurative) (of your seat, edge of the plank) As opposed to 縁（fuchi) 、　端 usually refers to ONE POINT on the edge, the most extreme point (i.e. edge of the cliff, tip of the peninsula) ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

中途半端(ちゅうとはんぱ) な | half-assed job ★★★☆☆ 中 (middle) + 途 (on the way) + 半 (half) + 端 (the edge) = 中途半端 (half-assed job) this is an excellent phrase. It means, to do things halfway. Whether it's doing a half-ass job at your work, or taking a girl out on a date . . . .to burger king, or cleaning your room but only to the extent that your mom's turds are in a bag and not on the floor. - that's all CHUUTOHANPA.
極端(きょくたん) な | extreme ★★☆☆☆ 極 (extreme) + 端 (the edge) = 極端 (extreme) extreme - Ｕsed about people, people who take things too far. (not tempratures or political ideologies) A 2-foot-tall mohawk is 極端.
xxxたと 端(たん) にYYY | no sooner had I . . . ★☆☆☆☆ No sooner had I done XXX, when YYY happened. (where the た is the end of a past-tense verb: tabeta, nonda, hashitta, etc.)

## Synonyms

border, edge 国境 境 境界 縁 端 末 先 外れ 際
extreme 激しい 極端 過激