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Pronunciation

Mandarin	dān
Cantonese (Jyutping)	daan1, sin4, sin6
反切 Fanqie	都寒切
Japanese Kun	hitoe
Japanese On	tan
Korean (Hangul)	단
Korean (Yale)	tan, sen
Vietnamese	đơn

Meaning

Definition

single, individual, only; lone

Character Rank

Traditional	322
Hong Kong Grade Level	2

Common Words With This Character  

菜單	càidān	menu
簡單	jiǎndān	simple; not complicated
單純	dānchún	simple; pure; unsophisticated; merely; purely
單身	dānshēn	unmarried; single
單位	dānwèi	unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)
名單	míngdān	list of names

Related Characters

Kangxi Radical	口 (#30:mouth)
Shuowen Radical	吅
Simplified Script	单
Semantic	单
Historical Variant	単
Same Structure & Phonetic Component	(Sign-in required)

Computer Encoding

Unicode	U+55AE
Big 5	B3E6

Input Method Codes

Cangjie	rrwj
Four Corner	6650.6
WuBi 86	kkjf
WuBi 98	kkjf