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Translingual
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
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
Japanese
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):
From Middle Chinese 單 (MC dzyen) and 單 (MC dzyenX|dzyenH); compare Mandarin 單 / 单 (chán) and 單 / 单 (shàn):
From native Japanese roots:
Compounds
Etymology
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| 單 (kyūjitai)
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| For pronunciation and definitions of 単 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 単, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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