| 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 grade 4
JLPT level N3
700 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 熱 【ネツ】 heat, fever, temperature, zeal, passion, enthusiasm, mania, craze, rage
- 熱意 【ネツイ】 zeal, enthusiasm, ardor, ardour
- 発熱 【ハツネツ】 generation of heat, (attack of) fever, pyrexia
- 解熱 【ゲネツ】 lowering a fever, alleviation of fever
Kun reading compounds
- 熱い 【あつい】 hot (to the touch), passionate (feelings, etc.), ardent, hot (e.g. gaze), hot (e.g. temper), zealous, enthusiastic, fired up, intense, severe, extreme, hot (topic), of interest
- 熱い暗黒物質 【あついあんこくぶっしつ】 hot dark matter
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あた
- Korean:
- yeol
Spanish
- calor
- fiebre
- pasión
- caliente
Portuguese
- calor
- temperatura
- febre
- mania
- paixão
French
- chaleur
- fièvre
- température
- manie
- passion
| 490 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 589 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 560 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 629 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2797 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 300 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 720 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2408 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 645 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 655 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 866 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1283 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3555 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1834 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2495 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1530 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 19360 | Morohashi |
| 2866 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3473 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1516 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1634 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 627 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1440 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d11.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-11-4 | SKIP code |
| 4433.1 | Four corner code |
| 4533.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 71b1 | Unicode hex code |