Ideographic: A hand using a chisel 殳 to cut stoneRadical:

meaning for duàn:

  • - paragraph
  • - section
  • - segment
  • - stage (of a process)
  • - classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etcstage
  • - section
  • - phase
  • - period
  • - Classifiers: 个 method
  • - means (of doing sth)
  • - strategy
  • - trick
  • - Classifiers: 个 section
  • - districttime interval
  • - work shift
  • - time slot
  • - the twelve two-hour divisions of the dayline segment

zhōnghuáxún中华鲟
zài
chángjiāng长江
chángshú常熟
duàn
fánzhí繁殖

The giant Chinese river sturgeon breeds at Changshu, on theYangtze River.