独
alone; single; spontaneously; Germany
9 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 365.
Readings
- ドク (on reading): 独立 (どくりつ) independence; 独自 (どくじ) original
- ひとり (kun reading): 独り言 (ひとりごと) soliloquy; 独り身 (ひとりみ) bachelorhood
- トク (on reading): 独鈷 (とっこ) single-pronged vajra; 独鈷石 (とっこいし) ground stone tool from the late Jomon period (named after its similarity to the Buddhist tokko)
- Read as a whole word: 独楽 (こま) spinning top; 曲独楽 (きょくごま) top; 独楽鼠 (こまねずみ) Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)
Components
Words using 独
- 独立 (どくりつ) independence
- 独自 (どくじ) original
- 単独 (たんどく) sole
- 独特 (どくとく) peculiarity
- 孤独 (こどく) solitude
- 独り言 (ひとりごと) soliloquy
- 独り身 (ひとりみ) bachelorhood
- 独り占め (ひとりじめ) hogging
- 独り立ち (ひとりだち) being independent
- 独りよがり (ひとりよがり) self-conceit
- 独楽 (こま) spinning top
- 曲独楽 (きょくごま) top
- 独楽鼠 (こまねずみ) Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)
- 花独楽 (はなごま) cardboard spinning top, shaped and coloured like a flower
- 独鈷 (とっこ) single-pronged vajra
- 独鈷石 (とっこいし) ground stone tool from the late Jomon period (named after its similarity to the Buddhist tokko)
- 独枕 (ひとりまくら) lonely in bed
270 words in all.