单

dān · Shàn · chán

bill · list

Radical: 十 Strokes: 8 HSK 4

Structure: Single componentFrequency: Most common

Same radical

南克华十千半卖博升协卒午

Same radical

南克华十千半卖博升协卒午卓卑卉

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Meanings3 pronunciations

dān

bill

list

form

single

only

sole

odd number

CL: gè

Shàn

surname Shan

chán

used in chán yú

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Words with 单 558 total

individual soldier · (literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements单兵dān bīng weak · frail · thin · flimsy单薄dān bó yield per unit area单产dān chǎn (coll.) bicycle; bike (esp. in Hong Kong, Taiwan and southern China and, more generally, used across China to refer to a bike-share bicycle)单车dān chē to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc) · to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art etc)单传dān chuán word · CL: gè单词dān cí singles (in sports) · CL: chǎng单打dān dǎ only · merely · just单单dān dān simple; not complicated简单jiǎn dān

Idioms with 单 28 total Chain

lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom) · fig. to go alone into enemy lines单刀赴会dān dāo fù huì (idiom) to get straight to the point单刀直入dān dāo zhí rù (lit.) single spear and horse (idiom) · (fig.) single-handed; unaccompanied单枪匹马dān qiāng pǐ mǎ