Japanese symbol for “simplex”
単項
たんこう
Romaji: tankou
monadic; simplex; unary
In Japanese, simplex is 単項, read たんこう (tankou).
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Meanings
- adj-na, adj-no, n monadic; simplex; unary
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “simplex”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 単方向 | たんほうこう tanhoukou | simplex |
| 単向 | たんこう tankou | simplex; unidirectional |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 簡単 | かんたん kantan | simple; easy; uncomplicated |
| 単位 | たんい tan'i | unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination |
| 単純 | たんじゅん tanjun | simple; plain; uncomplicated |
| 単に | たんに tanni | simply; merely; only |
| 単なる | たんなる tannaru | mere; simple; sheer |
| 単語 | たんご tango | word; vocabulary |
| 項目 | こうもく koumoku | item; heading; category |
| 事項 | じこう jikou | matter; item; facts |
See also: Chinese symbol for “simplex”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.