単 – simple, one, single

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The kanji 単 means simple, one, single, merely. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is タン (tan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひとえ (hitoe). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 十 (no. 24).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	タン	tan
Kun’yomi	ひとえ	hitoe

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 十 (Kangxi radical 24). Components: 十・尚・田.

Words using 単

簡単かんたんsimple単位たんいunit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.)単語たんごword単純たんじゅんsimple単にたんにsimply単なるたんなるmere単数たんすうsingle単一たんいつsingle単調たんちょうmonotony単独たんどくsole

Example sentences

テニスをすることは私には簡単だ。

Playing tennis is easy for me.

Tatoeba #202171

ここでは、魚はポンド単位で売られています。

Fish is sold by the pound here.

Tatoeba #224606

この科目は何単位ですか。

How many credits is this course?

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Kanji with the same radical

十協午千半南卒博卓卑

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