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独

独

See also: 獨

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

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

References

KangXi: not present, would follow page 711, character 10

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20406

Dae Jaweon: page 1123, character 9

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1344, character 6

Unihan data for U+72EC

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 独 – see 獨. (This character, 独, is the simplified form of 獨.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

独

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

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Readings

Goon: どく (doku)

Kan’on: とく (toku)

Kun: ひとり (hitori)

Compounds

独語 (どくご) ‎(dokugo)
数独 (すうどく) ‎(sūdoku)
独楽 (こま) ‎(koma)
独学 (どくがく) ‎(dokugaku)
独自 (どくじ) ‎(dokuji)
独唱 (どくしょう) ‎(dokushō)

独身 (どくしん) ‎(dokushin)
独善 (どくぜん) ‎(dokuzen)
独走 (どくそう) ‎(dokusō)
独創 (どくそう) ‎(dokusō)
独奏 (どくそう) ‎(dokusō)
独断 (どくだん) ‎(dokudan)

独特 (どくとく) ‎(dokutoku)
独立 (どくりつ) ‎(dokuritsu)
独立独歩 (どくりつどっぽ) ‎(dokuritsudoppo)
孤独 (こどく) ‎(kodoku)

Proper noun

独 ‎(hiragana どく, romaji Doku)

Abbreviation of 独逸 ("Germany")