Chinese Character Wiki
单

dān, shàn

single

Original meaning: 

hunting tool

Simplified form of 單. Pictograph of a hunting tool or weapon constructed from rocks tied to a tree branch. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Evolution

单 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
单 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
单 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
单 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
单 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
单 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

单 (單) 

dān

single, individual, only; lone; bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number; CL:個|个[gè]

单 (單) 

Shàn

surname Shan

Most common words with 单
Freq.
Word
Meaning

简单

simple

单

bill

单位

unit (of measure)

名单

list (of names)

单独

alone

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

禅 冁

Sound component in 13 characters (1 verified)

弹 禅 阐 蝉 惮 婵 郸 掸 觯 殚 箪 瘅 啴

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

蕲

Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 84.9271% of movies

372nd most common character in movies

389th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

單

Unicode

U+5355


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