単 : Simple

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Components:

小甲

simple, one, single, merely

On 'yomi:

タン(tan)

Kun 'yomi:

ひとえ(hitoe)

Strokes:	9
Radical:	口 (30)
Usage Rating:	586

JLPT:	N3
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	4

Unicode:	05358
jis208:	35-17

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単 Usage examples

単糖類(たんとうるい)	monosaccharide
単位元(たんいげん)	unit element
単位を落とす(たんいをおとす)	fail to make the grade
単元制度(たんげんせいど)	unit credit system
単勝式(たんしょうしき)	winning system (as in horse racing)
単節(たんせつ)	simple link
単位体積重量(たんいたいせきじゅうりょう)	unit weight
機能単一化文法(きのうたんいつかぶんぽう)	functional unification grammar, FUG
単一化に基づく形式化(たんいつかにもとづくけいしきか)	unification-based formalisms
虚数単位(きょすうたんい)	imaginary unit
単純平均(たんじゅんへいきん)	simple average, arithmetic average
単数形(たんすうけい)	singular form (of a noun)
単線運転(たんせんうんてん)	single-track operation
単産(たんさん)	(single-industry) industrial union
単子(たんし)	(philosophical) monad
単品(たんぴん)	single item out of a set, one item from a set
単母音(たんぼいん)	monophthong, simple vowel
単筒(たんとう)	single barrel, single-barrelled
部単位(ぶたんい)	collating (printing)
簡単明瞭(かんたんめいりょう)	simple and clear
単純明快(たんじゅんめいかい)	simple and clear, plain and simple
単純素朴(たんじゅんそぼく)	plain and simple, naive
単四(たんよん) 単４(たんよん)	size AAA (battery)
単二(たんに) 単２(たんに)	size C (battery)
客単価(きゃくたんか)	average amount from one customer
単色ビーム(たんしょくビーム)	monoenergetic beam (particle physics)
単層(たんそう)	monolayer, single layer, single story (storey)
単立(たんりつ)	establishing something (e.g. a company or a religious order) by oneself, company or religious order founded in such a way
単複同形(たんぷくどうけい)	nouns whose plural has the same form as their singular (e.g. sheep)
単鉤法(たんこうほう)	in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and index finger
単独行動主義(たんどくこうどうしゅぎ)	unilateralism
単独主義(たんどくしゅぎ)	unilateralism
単身赴任者(たんしんふにんしゃ)	employee posted away from their family