Read Edit View history 單 dānShànchán HSK4 single Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint 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 Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 單 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 216, 777 ], [ 249, 749 ], [ 287, 614 ] ], [ [ 266, 775 ], [ 306, 777 ], [ 375, 799 ], [ 415, 798 ], [ 433, 779 ], [ 412, 702 ], [ 395, 691 ] ], [ [ 305, 638 ], [ 318, 650 ], [ 375, 664 ], [ 436, 662 ] ], [ [ 511, 827 ], [ 541, 792 ], [ 568, 662 ] ], [ [ 567, 822 ], [ 577, 814 ], [ 683, 839 ], [ 715, 835 ], [ 737, 811 ], [ 715, 752 ], [ 686, 730 ] ], [ [ 585, 680 ], [ 597, 689 ], [ 676, 704 ], [ 735, 709 ], [ 755, 700 ] ], [ [ 252, 554 ], [ 286, 527 ], [ 297, 501 ], [ 343, 315 ] ], [ [ 323, 528 ], [ 332, 542 ], [ 407, 561 ], [ 651, 598 ], [ 695, 594 ], [ 728, 553 ], [ 697, 477 ], [ 662, 365 ], [ 657, 364 ] ], [ [ 388, 447 ], [ 457, 456 ], [ 554, 479 ], [ 582, 481 ], [ 603, 475 ] ], [ [ 361, 330 ], [ 373, 339 ], [ 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