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Mythic Mandarin

独 (dú): meaning and stroke order

独 (dú) means alone, independent, single, sole, only.

独

Simplified
独
Traditional
獨
Pinyin
dú

Stroke order of 独

独

  • dú alone; independent
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 獨

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 独

  1. dú Traditional 獨
    • alone
    • independent
    • single
    • sole
    • only

Radical and structure

独
Radical 犬 (Kangxi radical 94) · 9 strokes · 犭 on the left, 虫 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 独

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).