端	875B25   60S.42-2	部居	畫數  14	ㄉㄨㄢ [duan1] .
N	An event: 這端事件 this incident, occurrence, business; 這端道理 this piece of teaching, this principle; 兩端案件 two cases; 布一端 a piece of cloth. (1)  Head, beginning: 這端 this end (of pole, cloth, etc.); 開端 starting point; 首鼠兩端 cannot decide which to follow, undecided; 更端 have a new beginning; 端的，端底 [duan1di4], [duan1di3]↓. (2)  Cause, origin: 無端 without cause (offend people, etc.); 借端 use as pretext; 造端 originate, have origin in. (3)  An affair: 事端 affair; 萬端 all things, all kinds; 異端 heresy.
V	To hold in the hand, esp. with both hands: 端茶，端菜 bring tea, a dish of food; 端桌子，端燈 bring or carry a table, a lamp; 端上來bring up.
Adj	(1)  Upright, proper, careful (in posture, dress, character): 端坐，端立 sit, stand, properly; 端視 look decorously; 端正，端莊 [duan1zheng4], [duan1zhuang1]↓. (2)  Chiefly: 端賴 chiefly depend on.
Words	1.端的 [duan1di4], (1)  adv., really: 端的好看 really pretty; (2)  n., the bottom of things, see [duan1di3]↓.  2.端底 [duan1di3], n., (get at the) bottom of things.  3.端整 [duan1zheng3], adj., very proper-looking; not broken.  4.端正 [duan1zheng4], adj., upright, right: 品行端正 upright character; 品貌端正 well-shaped figure and decorous appearance.  5.端莊 [duan1zhuang1], adj., severely correct (in countenance), (of conduct) upright and correct.  6.端木 [duan1mu4], n., a compound surname.  7.端倪 [duan1ni2], n., the beginnings, chief points, clues (to mystery, etc.)  8.端日 [duan1ri4], n., New Year's Day.  9.端相 [duan1xiang4], v.t., (MC) var. of 端詳↓.  10.端詳 [duan1xiang2], (1)  v.t., scrutinize, examine esp. s. t. in hand; (2)  n., the whole story of how it happens: 細聽端詳.  11.端緒 [duan1xU4], n., main points or threads.  12.端委 [duan1wei3], n., the whole story from the beginning.  13.端午 [duan1wu3], n., the fifth day of fifth lunar month, Dragon Boat Festival.  14.端硯 [duan1yan4], n., ink stone from 端縣 of Kwangtung.  15.端陽 [duan1yang2], n., see [duan1wu3]↑.