独

See also: 獨

独 U+72EC, 独 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72EC ← 狫 [U+72EB] CJK Unified Ideographs 狭 → [U+72ED]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Etymology

Simplified from 獨 (蜀 → 虫)

Han character

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

References

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

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 独 – see 獨 (“alone; single; solitary; the old and childless; etc.”). (This character, 独, is the simplified form of 獨.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	独
Kyūjitai	獨

Kanji

独

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 獨)

1. solo, monad
2. single

Readings

• Go-on: どく (doku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: とく (toku)
• Kun: ひとり (hitori, 独り, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 独(どく)語(ご) (dokugo)
• 数(すう)独(どく) (sūdoku)
• 独(こ)楽(ま) (koma)
• 独(どく)学(がく) (dokugaku)
• 独(どく)自(じ) (dokuji)
• 独(どく)唱(しょう) (dokushō)
• 独(どく)身(しん) (dokushin)
• 独(どく)善(ぜん) (dokuzen)
• 独(どく)走(そう) (dokusō)
• 独(どく)創(そう) (dokusō)
• 独(どく)奏(そう) (dokusō)
• 独(どく)断(だん) (dokudan)
• 独(どく)特(とく) (dokutoku)
• 独(どく)立(りつ) (dokuritsu)
• 独(どく)立(りつ)独(どっ)歩(ぽ) (dokuritsudoppo)
• 孤(こ)独(どく) (kodoku)
• 単(たん)独(どく) (tandoku)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
独
どく Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
獨 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 独.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [do̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Affix

独(どく) • (doku) ^{←どく (doku)?}

1. solitary
2. Short for ドイツ／独逸 (Doitsu, “Germany (a country)”).
   • 1947, Ango Sakaguchi, 『二十七歳』

     独(どく)探(たん)のケンギを受(う)けて、大正五年(たいしょうごねん)だかに国外退去(こくがいたいきょ)を命(めい)じられたという。

     Dokutan no kengi o ukete, taishō gonen daka ni kokugai taikyo o meijirareta to iu.

     [He was] accused of being a German spy and was officially deported in some time around 1916, as the story goes.