単

See also 單, and 单

Translingual

shinjitai	単
simplified	单
traditional	單

Etymology

Simplified from 單. Compare 厳 (from 嚴).

Han character

単 (radical 24 十+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火田十 (FWJ))

1. single

Derived characters

• 戦 禅 褝 弾

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 157, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2752
• Dae Jaweon: page 360, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 1, page 47, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5358

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Japanese

Kanji

単 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: たん (tan)
• Kun: ひとえ (hitoe)

Usage notes

Shinjitai

Compounds

単衣 (たんい, tan'i) 単位 (たんい, tan'i) 単一 (たんいつ, tan'itsu) 単騎 (たんき, tanki) 単語 (たんご, tango)

単行本 (たんこうぼん, tankōbon) 単車 (たんしゃ, tansha) 単純 (たんじゅん, tanjun) 単身 (たんしん, tanshin) 単刀直入 (たんとうちょくにゅう, tantōchokunyū)

単独 (たんどく, tandoku) 単複 (たんぷく, tanpuku) 単弁 (たんべん, tanben)

Noun

単 (hiragana ひとえ, romaji hitoe)

1. onefold, single

Alternative forms

• 一重