独

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See also: 獨
独 U+72EC, 独
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72EC
← 狫
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 狭 →

Translingual

Stroke order
9 strokes
Stroke order

Etymology

Simplified from 獨 (蜀 → 虫)

Han character

独 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹中一戈 (KHLMI), composition ⿰犭虫)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 711, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20406
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1123, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1344, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+72EC

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 独 – see 獨 (“alone; single; solitary; the old and childless; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 獨).
Notes:

Japanese

Shinjitai

独

Kyūjitai

獨

Kanji

独

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 獨)

  1. solo, monad
  2. single

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
独
どく
Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
獨 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 独.

Pronunciation

Affix

独(どく) • (doku) ←どく (doku)?

  1. solitary
  2. Short for ドイツ／独逸 (Doitsu, “Germany (a country)”).
    • 1947, Ango Sakaguchi, 『二十七歳』
      独(どく)探(たん)のケンギを受(う)けて、大正五年(たいしょうごねん)だかに国外退去(こくがいたいきょ)を命(めい)じられたという。
      Dokutan no kengi o ukete, taishō gonen daka ni kokugai taikyo o meijirareta to iu.
      accused of being a German spy and was officially deported in some time around 1916, as the story goes.
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