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単

単 — simple, one, single

On
タン
Kun
ひとえ
Strokes
9
JLPT
N3
School grade
4

Common words with 単

  • 簡単かんたんsimple; easy; uncomplicatedCommon

    テニスをすることは私には簡単だ。
    Playing tennis is easy for me.

  • 単位たんいunit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denominationCommon

    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.

  • 単独たんどくsole; single; soloCommon

    不幸は決して単独では来ない。
    Misfortunes seldom come singly.

  • 単純たんじゅんsimple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naiveCommon
  • 単なるたんなるmere; simple; sheerCommon
  • 単にたんにsimply; merely; only; solelyCommon
  • 単身たんしんalone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's familyCommon
  • 単たんsingle; simpleCommon
  • 単一たんいつsingle; simple; sole; individual; unitaryCommon
  • 単価たんかunit price; unit costCommon
  • 単行本たんこうぼんstandalone book (i.e. not part of an anthology, series, etc.); (book published…Common
  • 単語たんごword; vocabularyCommon
  • 単調たんちょうmonotony; monotone; dullnessCommon
  • 単産たんさん(single-industry) industrial unionCommon
  • 英単語えいたんごEnglish wordCommon
  • 単身赴任たんしんふにんtaking up a post away from one's family; job transfer without one's family; liv…Common
  • 単数たんすうsingle; oneCommon
  • 単発たんぱつfiring one shot at a time; single-shot gunOccasional
  • 単勝たんしょうwinning at the racesOccasional
  • 単純化たんじゅんかsimplificationOccasional

With the N5–N3 kanji, you can read 162 words that use 単.

  • 単位 たんい unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination
  • 単に たんに simply; merely; only; solely
  • 単なる たんなる mere; simple; sheer
  • 単 たん single; simple
  • 単一 たんいつ single; simple; sole; individual; unitary

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