1. (bound form) tip; end; extremity
2. (bound form) aspect; facet
3. (bound form) upright; proper
4. to hold sth level with both hands; to carry
5. to eliminate; to wipe out

1. old variant of 端 duān
2. start
3. origin

1. thread
2. string
3. wire
4. line
5. (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)

classifiers: 條, 股, 根