Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N1

365 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: single, alone, spontaneously, Germany

Kunyomi: ひと.り

Onyomi: ドク トク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: けものへん

Meaning: dog

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

身(どくしん)   single, unmarried

学(どくがく)   self-education

文(どくぶん)   German literature

裁政治(どくさいせいじ)   dictatorship, despotism

善的な(どくぜんてきな)   self-righteous

(たんどく)   sole, single, solo

な(こどくな)   alone, isolate, lonely

立する(どくりつする)   gain independence

占する(どくせんする)   monopolize

走する(どくそうする)   run alone, do as one likes

り(ひとり)   alone, unmarried

り者(ひとりもの)   single person

Onyomi Examples

ドク Germany

ドクサイ dictatorship, despotism

西 セイドク West Germany (1949-1990)

エイドク Britain and Germany

Kunyomi Examples

一人 ひとり one person, being alone, being by oneself, being single, being unmarried, by oneself, alone, just, only, simply

一人歩き ひとりあるき taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.), walking by oneself, taking a walk by oneself, walking unaided, being able to walk without help, standing on one's own feet, being independent, taking care of oneself