| 841 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 773 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 750 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 493 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2078 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 606 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 594 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1669 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1024 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1063 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 900 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 955 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1885 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1001 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1355 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1145 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13557 | Morohashi |
| 1492 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2385 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1136 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1218 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 426 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 743 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
338 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 断 【ダン】 decision, judgment, resolution
- 断言 【ダンゲン】 assertion, declaration, affirmation
- 独断 【ドクダン】 one's own judgement (judgment), decision made without consulting others, arbitrary decision, dogmatism
- 縦断 【ジュウダン】 running through (north-south), cutting across, travelling across, cutting vertically, sectioning longitudinally
Kun reading compounds
- 断つ 【たつ】 to sever, to cut off, to suppress, to eradicate, to exterminate, to abstain (from), to give up
- 断る 【ことわる】 to refuse, to reject, to dismiss, to turn down, to decline, to inform, to give notice, to tell in advance, to ask leave, to excuse oneself (from)
- 断るまでもなく 【ことわるまでもなく】 needless to say
Readings
- Korean:
- dan
Spanish
- cortar
- interrumpir
- rehusar
- declinar
- rechazar
Portuguese
- desligamento
- decadência
- recusa
- pedir desculpas
- avisar
- despedir
- proíbir
- decisão
- julgamento
- incisivo
French
- refus
- décliner
- rupture
- excuses
- prévenir
- rejeter
- interdire
- décision
- jugement
- trancher
| 1254 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6b5.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 2272.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 65ad | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
875 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 尾 【ビ】 Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), counter for fish, shrimp, etc.
- 尾行 【ビコウ】 shadow, tail, following
- 最後尾 【サイコウビ】 end (e.g. of a line), tail end, rear, backmost part
- 交尾 【コウビ】 copulation (among animals), mating, treading, covering, serving
Kun reading compounds
- 尾 【お】 tail (of an animal), cauda, tail (of a kite, etc.), tail end, tail (of a comet), slope at the foot of a mountain
- 尾根 【おね】 (mountain) ridge
- ガスの尾 【ガスのお】 gas tail (of a comet)
- 虎の尾 【とらのお】 tiger's tail, gooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides), Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)
Readings
- Korean:
- mi
Spanish
- cola
- final
- parte trasera
- contador de peces
Portuguese
- rabo
- fim
- sufixo para contagem de p/ peixes
- fundo de uma rampa
French
- queue
- bout
- compteur de poissons
- bas de pente (montagne)
| 1734 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 675 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1383 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1005 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1230 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 505 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1868 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2028 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1723 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 526 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3799 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1942 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2635 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1934 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7650 | Morohashi |
| 3062 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1411 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1915 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2064 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1117 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3756 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3r4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 7721.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5c3e | Unicode hex code |