Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

586 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: simple, one, single, merely

Kunyomi: ひとえ

Onyomi: タン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: ten, complete

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

な(かんたんな)   simple

純な(たんじゅんな)   simple

語(たんご)   word

独(たんどく)   solo

位(たんい)   unit

に(たんに)   merely

Onyomi Examples

タン single, simple, singles (tennis, badminton, etc.), win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

タンイ unit, denomination, credit (in school), in units of (e.g. "in thousands"), in amounts of

サイタン menu (at a Chinese restaurant)

指定 シテイタン designated money trust

Kunyomi Examples

一重 ひとえ one layer, single layer, monopetalous, unlined kimono, single-edged eyelid, eyelid with an epicanthic fold, upper eyelid with no fold

たんい unlined kimono, one kimono, a single kimono

十二 じゅうにひとえ twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady), ajuga (Ajuga nipponensis), bugle