Kanji
N1 9 strokes Grade 5 freq #365

single, alone, spontaneously, Germany

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

dog inu

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

original; unique
independence; self-reliance
sole; single
peculiarity; uniqueness
independent state; independent nation
dictatorship; despotism
monopoly; monopolization
antitrust law; Antitrust Act
unmarried; single
solitude; loneliness

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

being independent; becoming independent
soliloquy; monologue

Example sentences

He built the house for himself.

I have my own way of solving it.

Teenagers want to be independent of their parents.

To stand on your own feet means to be independent.