独

独 — single, alone, spontaneously

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 9
Taught in: School year 5
Frequency: #365 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: どく doku

とく toku
Kun'yomi: ひと.り hito.ri

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 独

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