单

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bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number; CL:個|个[ge4]

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #183 U+5355

components: 丷 ? unknown part

list · Heisig RSH #1018

animal horns + 田 rice field + 十 ten

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 单 as their sound component

These characters all use 单 (dān) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
单 sound component	dān	single, individual, only; lone
弹	tán	bullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy
蝉	chán	cicada; continuous
殚	dān	utmost, entirely, quite; to use up
阐	chǎn	to disclose; to explain; to open
郸	dān	a county in Hebei province
啴	tān	many; to pant
惮	dàn	to fear, to dread; to dislike, to avoid
掸	dǎn	to dust; a duster
箪	dān	a small bamboo basket for rice
婵	chán	beautiful, graceful, lovely, pretty
瘅	dān	bitter hatred; drought
觯	zhì	a horn of wine

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
水上电单车	shuǐ shàng diàn dān chē	see 水上摩托車\|水上摩托车[shui3 shang4 mo2 tuo1 che1]
不单	bù dān	not the only; not merely; not simply
单子	dān zǐ	the only son of a family; (functional programming or philosophy) monad
单子	dān zi	list of items; bill; form; bedsheet
单人	dān rén	one person; single (room, bed etc)
单县	Shàn Xiàn	Shan County or Shanxian, a county in Heze City 菏澤市\|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4], Shandong
单一	dān yī	single; only; sole
单行道	dān xíng dào	one-way street
水单	shuǐ dān	receipt; itemized bill; transaction record
单眼相机	dān yǎn xiàng jī	(Tw) single-lens reflex camera
单行线	dān xíng xiàn	one-way road
单行	dān xíng	to come individually; to treat separately; separate edition; one-way traffic
白名单	bái míng dān	whitelist
单手	dān shǒu	one hand; single-handed
单体	dān tǐ	monomer (chemistry)
单行本	dān xíng běn	single volume edition; offprint
西单	Xī dān	Xidan neighborhood of central Beijing
单方面	dān fāng miàn	unilateral
面单	miàn dān	(logistics) shipping label; waybill
单人沙发	dān rén shā fā	(upholstered) armchair