断层

Traditional form:

斷層

Pinyin (reading):

duàncéng

Definitions:

• fault (geology) (CL:道 (dào))
• (fig.) gap; rupture (in the transmission of some skill)
• (tomography) cross-sectional

Characters:

• 断 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 层 - layer, floor, story, stratum

Traditional characters:

• 斷 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 層 - layer, floor, story, stratum