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単 means 'simple'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 520   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-13    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 26    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 262 words   Used in 338 words   Used in 9 names   Component in 7 kanji (3 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   タン
Additional readings
Kun    ひとえ simple, one, single, merely
Variants
單   单 (Chinese)  
Components
⿳  ⺍ (小) small  田 rice field  十 ten  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 単 is used 11 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 単 is used 331 times, read 2 ways.
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タン : 327 words FIND ALL
か ん た ん 0
1. simple; easy; uncomplicated
2. brief; quick; light
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ひとえ : 4 words FIND ALL
ひ と え も の 0
noun
unlined kimono
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Henshall: 569 (originally: 542)  Joy o' Kanji : 542  Key to Kanji: 712 

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単
タン    simple   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
⺍
small
田
デン   た rice field   
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