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Japanese symbol for “unitary”

Romaji: tan'itsu
single; simple; sole; individual

In Japanese, unitary is , read (tan'itsu).

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Meanings

  1. adj-na, adj-no, n single; simple; sole; individual; unitary

Kanji and stroke order

simple, one, single
on: タン
kun: ひとえ
9 strokes · JLPT 2
one, one radical (no.1)
on: イチ、イツ
kun: ひと-、ひと.つ
1 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Japanese words for “unitary”

WordReadingMeaning
いちげん ichigensingle element; unitary
ユニ yuniuni-; single; unitary
たんいつせい tan'itsuseiunitary
いちげんてき ichigentekimonistic; unitary; unified
まとまった matomattadefinite; coherent; congruous

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
かんたん kantansimple; easy; uncomplicated
たんい tan'iunit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination
たんじゅん tanjunsimple; plain; uncomplicated
たんに tannisimply; merely; only
たんなる tannarumere; simple; sheer
たんご tangoword; vocabulary
いっしょ issho(doing) together
いちばん ichibannumber one; first; first place

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.