单單 in English
- king of the Xiongnu 匈奴[Xiong1 nu2] / used in 單于|单于[chan2yu2]
- bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL:個|个[ge4]
Measure word
- 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested
Stroke order
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
These are the forms of 單, the traditional character: 单 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 17 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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5加10很简单。
It is easy to add 5 to 10.
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Python脚本的语法很简单。
The syntax of Python scripts is very simple.
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Tatoeba: 因为语言意义不只是单字的总合。
Tatoeba: Because a language is more than the sum of its words.
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世界语是一门简单的语言。
Esperanto is an easy language.
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世界语语法很简单。
The grammar of Esperanto is very simple.
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买单。
The check, please.
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事故由一个简单的错误产生。
The accident arose from a simple mistake.
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人生就像骑单车一样，要保持平衡就得不停地前进。
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.