独
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alone; independent; single; sole; only
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 犬 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 独
- Common rank
- #477
- Unicode
- U+72EC
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
alone · Heisig RSH #511
pack of wild dogs + 虫 insect
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 独
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 独山子区 | 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 | incomparable; head and shoulders above the competition | |
| 独山子 | see 獨山子區|独山子区[Du2 shan1 zi3 Qu1] | |
| 独山县 | 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 | (idiom) unique; unmatched; unrivalled | |
| 独生子 | a son who is an only child | |
| 单丝不成线，独木不成林 | (proverb) one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest | |
| 独立国家联合体 | Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union) | |
| 独生子女 | an only child | |
| 独木不成林 | a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom); one cannot accomplish much on one's own | |
| 独当一面 | to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section | |
| 独立自主 | independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination; to act independently; to maintain … | |
| 特立独行 | to be unconventional; independence of action | |
| 独体字 | single-component character | |
| 独立中文笔会 | Independent Chinese PEN center | |
| 独生女 | a daughter who is an only child | |
| 独眼龙 | one-eyed person | |
| 不独 | not only | |
| 独大 | to dominate over all others; to wield all the power; to reign supreme | |
| 独子 | a son who is an only child |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 虫 — compare how they read.