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Kanji Detail for 独 - "alone, independent"

独

  • Meaning

    独 means "alone, independent." Also associated with unique.

    1. Alone - By oneself; solitary.

    2. Unique - One of a kind; singular.

    3. Independent - Self-reliant; autonomous.

    4. Germany - Abbreviation for Deutschland.

  • Words using 独

    • 独立 どくりつ Listen independence; self-reliance; supporting oneself
    • 独自 どくじ Listen original; unique; distinctive
    • 単独 たんどく Listen sole; single; solo
    • 独特 どくとく Listen peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
    • 独立国 どくりつこく Listen independent state; independent nation
    • 独占 どくせん Listen monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity
    • 独裁 どくさい Listen dictatorship; despotism; autocracy
    • 独身 どくしん Listen unmarried; single

  • Four-character idioms with 独

    • 独断専行 どくだんせんこう Listen acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
    • 不羈独立 ふきどくりつ Listen free and independent
    • 古今独歩 ここんどっぽ Listen unmatched in history; unequaled in history
    • 唯我独尊 ゆいがどくそん Listen throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one; self-conceit; self-centeredness
    • 天涯孤独 てんがいこどく Listen a person without a single relative
    • 独善主義 どくぜんしゅぎ Listen self-righteousness

  • Tattoo check: 独

    • Verified meaning: alone, independent
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read どく, ひと, ひとり)
    • Also carries these associations: unique

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 独

    Given names 独(どく)Listen 独(ひとり)Listen

    Surnames 独(ひと)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    single; alone; spontaneously; Germany

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    alone, single, solitary, only

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    alone; independent; single; sole; only

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    alone, independent, only, single, solitary

  • Onyomi

    tip

    doku(ドク) ドク

    toku(トク) トク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hito.ri(ひと-り) ひと-り

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    犬 犭 (inu・kemonohen)

  • Related Keywords

    alone unique independent germany old and without children single autonomous detached distinct exclusive individual isolated oneself only personal private self-sufficient separate singular sole solitary sovereign unaccompanied

Sentences including 独

  • Don't let the children monopolize the television.

  • He is above all others in originality.

  • She went to the movies by herself.

  • He has the large room to himself.

  • Our children are independent of us.

  • She wanted to have her father's love to herself.

  • The old man lived by himself.

  • He is too young to go there alone.

  • She is independent of her parents.

  • I have my own way of solving it.

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