| 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 5
JLPT level N3
732 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 罪 【ザイ】 crime
- 罪悪 【ザイアク】 crime, sin, vice
- 同罪 【ドウザイ】 same crime, being equally guilty, bearing the same amount of responsibility
- 功罪 【コウザイ】 merits and demerits, good points and bad points, strengths and weaknesses
Kun reading compounds
- 罪 【つみ】 crime, sin, wrongdoing, indiscretion, penalty, sentence, punishment, fault, responsibility, culpability, thoughtlessness, lack of consideration
- 罪滅ぼし 【つみほろぼし】 atonement (for one's sins), expiation, making amends, making up for (a misdeed)
- 無実の罪 【むじつのつみ】 false charge
- 重い罪 【おもいつみ】 serious crime, grave crime
Readings
- Korean:
- joe
Spanish
- culpabilidad
- pecado
- delito
- crimen
- defecto
- culpa
Portuguese
- culpa
- pecado
- crime
- falta
- ofensa
French
- culpabilité
- péché
- crime
- faute
- responsabilité
- délit
| 794 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 713 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 686 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 928 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3643 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 748 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 830 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2006 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 885 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 906 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1047 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1464 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3224 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1673 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2264 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1651 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 28293 | Morohashi |
| 2610 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4644 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1636 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1764 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 775 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3654 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5g8.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-8 | SKIP code |
| 6011.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7f6a | Unicode hex code |