Read Edit View history Discussion 单 dānshànchán HSK2 single Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 單. Pictograph of a hunting tool or weapon constructed from rocks tied to a tree branch. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas dān × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 单 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 單 ×单 × Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 单 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 329, 769 ], [ 410, 708 ], [ 437, 665 ] ], [ [ 621, 827 ], [ 634, 818 ], [ 651, 789 ], [ 559, 668 ], [ 538, 645 ], [ 528, 644 ], [ 520, 630 ] ], [ [ 250, 590 ], [ 287, 562 ], [ 347, 339 ] ], [ [ 316, 585 ], [ 333, 576 ], [ 478, 608 ], [ 544, 616 ], [ 552, 622 ], [ 641, 633 ], [ 699, 628 ], [ 729, 589 ], [ 705, 531 ], [ 663, 391 ] ], [ [ 384, 471 ], [ 411, 472 ], [ 558, 506 ], [ 585, 509 ], [ 607, 503 ] ], [ [ 367, 361 ], [ 376, 369 ], [ 411, 376 ], [ 628, 406 ], [ 641, 417 ] ], [ [ 112, 210 ], [ 148, 201 ], [ 190, 202 ], [ 381, 233 ], [ 794, 273 ], [ 841, 270 ], [ 902, 252 ] ], [ [ 459, 584 ], [ 505, 558 ], [ 503, -61 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 347 726 Q 377 698 410 662 Q 422 649 437 649 Q 447 648 453 661 Q 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315 584 314 587 309 589 Z", "M 645 389 Q 651 371 664 373 Q 679 374 687 390 Q 700 406 724 489 Q 742 543 780 574 Q 799 590 783 607 Q 764 625 712 653 Q 696 663 627 646 Q 617 646 538 632 L 514 628 Q 459 621 411 609 Q 353 597 309 589 C 280 584 292 546 321 555 Q 369 571 451 586 L 510 597 Q 652 622 676 610 Q 686 604 680 571 Q 659 451 645 422 C 637 399 637 399 645 389 Z", "M 532 480 Q 569 487 603 493 Q 625 497 617 509 Q 607 522 583 527 Q 564 528 535 521 L 476 505 Q 427 492 383 480 Q 367 476 386 463 Q 396 456 419 459 Q 447 465 476 470 L 532 480 Z", "M 530 375 Q 590 384 645 389 C 675 392 675 418 645 422 Q 624 428 531 411 L 476 401 Q 415 392 359 382 C 329 377 331 355 361 354 Q 370 353 386 355 Q 432 362 476 368 L 530 375 Z", "M 530 228 Q 611 234 886 235 Q 910 235 915 245 Q 922 258 902 275 Q 841 323 768 308 Q 672 292 530 269 L 476 262 Q 307 243 115 222 Q 90 219 108 199 Q 142 165 190 174 Q 326 210 476 223 L 530 228 Z", "M 481 -30 Q 487 -55 494 -65 Q 500 -72 507 -70 Q 522 -61 528 0 Q 534 70 530 228 L 530 269 Q 530 315 530 375 L 531 411 Q 531 441 532 473 Q 532 477 532 480 L 535 521 Q 538 542 542 558 Q 545 576 530 585 Q 520 592 510 597 C 484 612 435 612 451 586 Q 455 576 462 568 Q 475 546 476 505 L 476 470 Q 476 439 476 401 L 476 368 Q 476 319 476 262 L 476 223 Q 476 10 481 -30 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.