Chinese symbol for “monochrome”
单色
dān sè
Traditional: 單色
monochrome; monochromatic; black and white
The closest CC-CEDICT match for monochrome is 单色 (dān sè), defined as: monochrome; monochromatic; black and white.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “monochrome”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 单色.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 单位 (單位) | dān wèi | unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole) |
| 简单 (簡單) | jiǎn dān | simple; not complicated |
| 名单 (名單) | míng dān | list of names |
| 单独 (單獨) | dān dú | alone; by oneself |
| 单纯 (單純) | dān chún | simple; pure |
| 单一 (單一) | dān yī | single; only |
| 角色 | jué sè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
| 特色 | tè sè | a characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality |
See also: Japanese symbol for “monochrome”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.