単

See also: 單, and 单

単 U 5358, 単 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5358 ← 南 [U 5357] CJK Unified Ideographs 卙 → [U 5359]

Translingual

Traditional	單
Shinjitai	単
Simplified	单

Han character

単 (Kangxi radical 24, 十 7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火田十 (FWJ), four-corner 9050₆, composition ⿱𭕄⿻日十 or ⿱𭕄⿻甲一)

Derived characters

• 弾 褝 騨 戦 禅

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 157, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2752
• Dae Jaweon: page 360, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 47, character 3
• Unihan data for U 5358

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 単 – see 單 (“single; individual; solitary; thin; narrow; faint; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 單).

Japanese

Shinjitai	単
Kyūjitai	單

Glyph origin

Simplified from 單 (吅 → 𭕄). Compare 厳 (from 嚴).

Kanji

単

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 單)

Readings

From Middle Chinese 單 (MC tan); compare Mandarin 單／单 (dān):

• Go-on: たん (tan, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: たん (tan, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 單 (MC dzyen) and 單 (MC dzyenX|dzyenH); compare Mandarin 單／单 (chán) and 單／单 (shàn):

• Go-on: ぜん (zen)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: ひとえ (hitoe, 単)^{←ひとへ (fitofe, 単, historical)}

Compounds

• 単(たん)衣(い) (tan'i)
• 単(たん)位(い) (tan'i)
• 単(たん)一(いつ) (tan'itsu)
• 単(たん)騎(き) (tanki)
• 単(たん)語(ご) (tango)
• 単(たん)行(こう)本(ぼん) (tankōbon)
• 単(たん)車(しゃ) (tansha)
• 単(たん)純(じゅん) (tanjun)
• 単(たん)身(しん) (tanshin)
• 単(たん)刀(とう)直(ちょく)入(にゅう) (tantō chokunyū)
• 単(たん)独(どく) (tandoku)
• 単(たん)複(ぷく) (tanpuku)
• 単(たん)弁(べん) (tanben)
• 簡(かん)単(たん) (kantan)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
単
ひとえ Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
單 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 単 – see the following entry.

【一重ひとえ】 [noun] single, onefold [noun] one layer

(This term, 単, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)