独
Kanji 独: meaning "alone, independent", readings, stroke order
The kanji 独 means "alone, independent". On'yomi: ドク; kun'yomi: ひとり. JLPT N2 kanji, with example words.
Readings
- Meaning
- alone, independent
- On'yomi
- ドク
- Kun'yomi
- ひとり
- Strokes
- 9
- Level
- JLPT N2
- Official status
- Jōyō (common-use kanji)
- Old form
- 獨 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.
Words with 独
- 独立 どくりつ — Independence
- 独身 どくしん — single, unmarried
- 独特 どくとく — peculiarity, uniqueness, characteristic
- 独り ひとり — alone, unmarried
- 独り言 ひとりごと — a soliloquy, a monologue, speaking to oneself
- 孤独 こどく — isolation, loneliness, solitude
- 独裁 どくさい — dictatorship, despotism
- 独自 どくじ — original, peculiar, characteristic
- 独占 どくせん — monopoly
- 独創 どくそう — originality
- 単独 たんどく — sole, single
Stroke order · 9 strokes
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