独

独

See also: 獨

独 U+72EC, 独 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72EC ← 狫 [U+72EB] CJK Unified Ideographs 狭 → [U+72ED]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Etymology

Simplified from 獨 (蜀 → 虫)

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

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 独 – see 獨 (“alone; single; solitary; the old and childless”). (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.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	独
Kyūjitai	獨

Kanji

独

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

1. solo, monad
2. single

Readings

• Go-on: どく (doku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: とく (toku)
• Kun: ひとり (hitori, 独り, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 独 (どく)語 (ご) (dokugo)
• 数独 (すうどく) (sūdoku)
• 独 (こ)楽 (ま) (koma)
• 独学 (どくがく) (dokugaku)
• 独 (どく)自 (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 (どくりつ)独 (どっ)歩 (ぽ) (dokuritsudoppo)
• 孤 (こ)独 (どく) (kodoku)
• 単独 (たんどく) (tandoku)

Proper noun

独 (hiragana どく, rōmaji Doku)

1. Abbreviation of 独逸 ("Germany")