単眼

単眼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
単	眼
たん Grade: 4	がん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

単眼 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 單眼, hiragana たんがん, rōmaji tangan)

1. simple eye

   複数 (ふくすう)の単 (たん)眼 (がん)を持 (も)つ。

   Fukusū no tangan o motsu.

   It has multiple simple eyes.

2. a monocular lens

Antonyms

• (simple eye): 複眼 (ふくがん) (fukugan)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.