独

See also 獨

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Etymology

Simplified from 獨 (蜀 → 虫)

Han character

独 (radical 94 犬+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹中一戈 (KHLMI))

1. alone, single, solitary, only

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 711, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20406
• Dae Jaweon: page 1123, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1344, character 6
• Unihan data for U+72EC

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Cantonese

Hanzi

独 (traditional 獨, jyutping duk6, Yale duk6)

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Japanese

Kanji

独 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: どく (doku)
• Kun: ひとり (hitori)

Compounds

独語 (どくご, dokugo) 数独 (すうどく, sūdoku) 独楽 (こま, koma) 独学 (どくがく, dokugaku) 独自 (どくじ, dokuji) 独唱 (どくしょう, dokushō)

独身 (どくしん, dokushin) 独善 (どくぜん, dokuzen) 独走 (どくそう, dokusō) 独創 (どくそう, dokusō) 独奏 (どくそう, dokusō) 独断 (どくだん, dokudan)

独特 (どくとく, dokutoku) 独立 (どくりつ, dokuritsu) 独立独歩 (どくりつどっぽ, dokuritsudoppo) 孤独 (こどく, kodoku)

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Korean

Hanja

独 (hangeul 독, revised dok, McCune-Reischauer tok, Yale tok)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

独 (traditional 獨, pinyin dú (du2), Wade-Giles tu²)

Compounds

• 独奏 (solo)