独 – single, alone, spontaneously

9 strokesTaught in grade 5#365 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 独 means single, alone, spontaneously, Germany. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ドク、トク (doku, toku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひと.り (hitori). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 犬 (no. 94).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ドク	doku
On’yomi	トク	toku
Kun’yomi	ひと.り	hitori

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: 犬 (Kangxi radical 94). Components: 虫・犯.

Words using 独

独身どくしんunmarried独特どくとくpeculiarity独立どくりつindependence独りひとりone person独り言ひとりごとsoliloquy孤独こどくsolitude独裁どくさいdictatorship独自どくじoriginal独占どくせんmonopoly独創どくそうoriginality単独たんどくsole

Example sentences

彼は一生独身で過ごした。

He remained single all his life.

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ナチズムはドイツ独特のものでしたか。

Was Nazism peculiar to Germany?

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彼女は両親から独立している。

She is independent of her parents.

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Kanji with the same radical

状献狙犯獲猛犬狭狂獄猫獣猿狩狡

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