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単

Kanji 単: meaning "Simple, One, Single", readings, stroke order

The kanji 単 means "Simple, One, Single". On'yomi: タン; kun'yomi: —. JLPT N3 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
Simple, One, Single
On'yomi
タン
Kun'yomi
—
Strokes
9
Level
JLPT N3
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
單 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 単

  • 簡単 かんたん — simple
  • 単純 たんじゅん — Simple
  • 単位 たんい — credit (for a course in school); unit, denomination
  • 単語 たんご — word; vocabulary
  • 単なる たんなる — mere, simple, sheer
  • 単に たんに — simply, merely
  • 単数 たんすう — singular (number)
  • 単一 たんいつ — single, simple, sole
  • 単調 たんちょう — monotony, monotone, dullness
  • 単独 たんどく — sole, single

Stroke order · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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