独
alone; independent; single; sole; only
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Dict coverage rank #477 U+72EC
How 独 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
犭 (semantic, “dog”) + 虫 (phonetic, chóng)
How to remember it
alone · Heisig RSH #511
pack of wild dogs + 虫 insect
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 虫
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 虫 (chóng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虫 sound component | chóng | insect, worm; mollusk |
| 强 | qiáng | strong, powerful, energetic |
| 触 | chù | to butt, to gore, to ram; to touch |
| 融 | róng | to melt, to fuse; to blend, to harmonize |
| 烛 | zhú | candle, taper; to illuminate, to shine |
Words containing 独
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 独山子区 | Dú shān zǐ Qū | Dushanzi, a district of Karamay City 克拉瑪依市|克拉玛依市[Ke4 la1 ma3 yi1 Shi4], Xinjiang |
| 独出一时 | dú chū yī shí | incomparable; head and shoulders above the competition |
| 独山子 | Dú shān zǐ | see 獨山子區|独山子区[Du2 shan1 zi3 Qu1] |
| 独山县 | Dú shān Xiàn | Dushan, a county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 nan2 Bu4… |
| 独一无二 | dú yī wú èr | (idiom) unique; unmatched; unrivalled |
| 独生子 | dú shēng zǐ | a son who is an only child |
| 单丝不成线，独木不成林 | dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín | (proverb) one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest |
| 独立国家联合体 | Dú lì guó jiā lián hé tǐ | Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union) |
| 独生子女 | dú shēng zǐ nǚ | an only child |
| 独木不成林 | dú mù bù chéng lín | a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom); one cannot accomplish much on one's own |
| 独当一面 | dú dāng yī miàn | to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section |
| 独立自主 | dú lì zì zhǔ | independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination; to act independently; to maintain … |
| 特立独行 | tè lì dú xíng | to be unconventional; independence of action |
| 独体字 | dú tǐ zì | single-component character |
| 独立中文笔会 | dú lì Zhōng wén bǐ huì | Independent Chinese PEN center |
| 独生女 | dú shēng nǚ | a daughter who is an only child |
| 独眼龙 | dú yǎn lóng | one-eyed person |
| 不独 | bù dú | not only |
| 独大 | dú dà | to dominate over all others; to wield all the power; to reign supreme |
| 独子 | dú zǐ | a son who is an only child |