単

See also: 單 and 单

Translingual

Traditional	單
Shinjitai	単
Simplified	单

Han character

単 (Kangxi radical 24, 十+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火田十 (FWJ), four-corner 9050₆, composition ⿱⺍⿻日十 or ⿱𭕄⿻甲一)

Derived characters

• 戦 禅 褝 弾

References

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

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 単 – see 單 (“single; individual; solitary; thin; narrow; faint; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 單).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	単
Kyūjitai	單

Glyph origin

Simplified from 單 (吅 → ⺍). Compare 厳 (from 嚴).

Kanji

単

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 單)

Readings

• Go-on: ぜん (zen); たん (tan, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: せん (sen); たん (tan, Jōyō)
• Kun: ひとえ (hitoe, 単)^{←ひとへ (fitofe, 単, historical)}

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(たんとう)直入(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)

Kanji in this term
単
ひとえ Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
單 (kyūjitai)

Noun

1. onefold, single

Alternative forms

• 一(ひと)重(え) (hitoe)