単

single; simple; one; merely

9 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 586.

Readings

• タン (on reading): 簡単 (かんたん) simple; 単語 (たんご) word
• ひとえ (kun reading): 単 (ひとえ) one layer; 十二単 (じゅうにひとえ) twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady)

Components

• ⺍
• 甲
• 十 radical ten
• ⺌ radical small, top form of 小
• 田 radical rice field

Kanji containing 単

• 戦 war
• 弾 bullet
• 禅 Zen
• 褝 thin kimono
• 箪 bamboo rice basket
• 蝉 cicada
• 騨 dappled grey horse

Words using 単

• 簡単 (かんたん) simple
• 単語 (たんご) word
• 単純 (たんじゅん) simple
• 単位 (たんい) unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.)
• 単行本 (たんこうぼん) standalone book (i.e. not part of an anthology, series, etc.)
• 単 (ひとえ) one layer
• 十二単 (じゅうにひとえ) twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady)
• 単帯 (ひとえおび) unlined sash
• 単物 (ひとえもの) unlined kimono
• 単衣 (ひとえぎぬ) unlined kimono worn as an undergarment by court nobles
• 単于 (ぜんう) Chanyu (supreme leader of the Xiongnu people)
• 単于都護府 (ぜんうとごふ) Protectorate General of the Central Asian Nomadic Lands (Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 650 CE)

403 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists