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單

單 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ひとえ。一倍。
  2. びら。案内状。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。狩猟用具の一種を象る。本義は不明。のち仮借して「ひとつ」「ひとえ」を意味する漢語｛單｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

one, single, simple

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • タン
Kun (native)
  • ひとえ
Other languages
  • 拼音dan1
  • 拼音chan2
  • 拼音shan4
  • 한글dan
  • 한글seon
  • Hán-ViệtĐan
  • Hán-ViệtThiền
  • Hán-ViệtThiện

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+55AE

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱吅⿻甲一

Words using this kanji

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

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(1 results)

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-6
Four Corner
6650.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3n6.2
Nelson
943