単位

See also: 單位 and 单位

Japanese

Kanji in this term
単	位
たん Grade: 4	い Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
單位 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 單位 (tan hwij^H)

Noun

1. unit of measure
2. unit (an organized group)
3. academic credit

   単(たん)位(い)を取(しゅ)得(とく)する

   tan'i o shutoku suru

   to get credits

   単(たん)位(い)を落(お)とす

   tan'i o otosu

   to fail a class

Hyponyms

• 長(なが)さ (nagasa, “length”)
• 重(おも)さ (omosa, “weight”)
• 重(じゅう)量(りょう) (jūryō, “weight”)
• 質(しつ)量(りょう) (shitsuryō, “mass”)
• 面(めん)積(せき) (menseki, “area”)
• 体(たい)積(せき) (taiseki, “volume”)
• 温(おん)度(ど) (ondo, “temperature”)
• 時(じ)間(かん) (jikan, “time”)
• 明(あか)るさ (akarusa, “brightness”)
• 光(こう)度(ど) (kōdo, “luminosity”)

Descendants

• Chinese: 單位／单位 (dānwèi)
• Korean: 단위 (danwi)
• Vietnamese: đơn vị

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.