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Kanji Detail for 單 - "single, simple"

單

  • Meaning

    單 means "single, simple." Also associated with sole.

    1. Single - One alone; individual.

    2. Simple - Not complex; plain.

    3. Sole - Only; exclusive.

  • Four-character idioms with 單

    • 單槍匹馬 たんそうひつば Listen doing something on one's own without another's help

  • Tattoo check: 單

    • Verified meaning: single, simple
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ひとえ)
    • Also carries these associations: sole

    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 單

    Given names 單(ひとえ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    one; single; simple

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    single, individual, only; lone

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Shan

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    single, individual, only; lone

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Opposite of 雙 (pair). Also opposite of 複 (lined). Anything not attached to others is called 單. Such as clothing having 夾衣 (lined) and 單衣 (unlined). | Alone and weak. Such as 形單影隻 (alone and solitary), 兵力單薄 (weak military strength). | Colloquially, recording things on paper is also called 單. Such as 名單 (name list), 禮單 (gift list). | The Xiongnu called their chieftains 單于. See (Book of Han). | 單父: A county name. Also a surname.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    tan(タン) タン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hitoe(ひとえ) ひとえ

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    single simple sole sincere written individual exclusive independent only plain separate solitary unique

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