Japanese symbol for “singularity”
単独
たんどく
Romaji: tandoku
sole; single; solo
In Japanese, singularity is 単独, read たんどく (tandoku).
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Meanings
- adj-na, adj-no sole; single; solo
- n independence; singleness; singularity
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “singularity”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| シンギュラリティ | シンギュラリティ shingyurariti | singularity |
| 特異性 | とくいせい tokuisei | singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy |
| 特異点 | とくいてん tokuiten | singularity; singular point |
| 特異日 | とくいび tokuibi | singularity (climate); day in the calendar when a particular weather phenomenon is statistically likely to occur |
| 技術的特異点 | ぎじゅつてきとくいてん gijutsutekitokuiten | technological singularity; singularity |
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 |
| 独特 | どくとく dokutoku | peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic |
| 独自 | どくじ dokuji | original; unique; distinctive |
See also: Chinese symbol for “singularity”.
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