The kanji 独: meaning, readings and stroke order
独
- Meaning
- alone, single
- On reading
- ドク doku
- Kun reading
- ひと(り) hitori
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 犬 dog
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
- Old form
- 獨
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- một mình, độc lập (độc)
- Japanese
- ひとり。ひとりだけ。
- Korean
- 혼자, 홀로 (독)
- Chinese
- 独自、单独
Readings, words and example sentences
ドク doku · on reading
独立
independence
その 国が 独立した 年を 調べます。
I look up the year that country became independent.
ひと(り) hitori · kun reading · less common
独り
alone, by oneself
独りで 考える 時間が ほしいです。
I want some time to think by myself.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.