# 単 — Simple

Frequency rank 426 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 負 (Lose), less common than 価 (Value).

- On’yomi: たん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 十 Ten (Kangxi 24)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

The character for simple (単) looks like a flat table with a single item on top — just one thing, nothing complicated, keeping it simple.

In words:

- 単 ひとえ — one layer;single
- 単に たんに — simply,merely,only,solely
- 単なる たんなる — mere,simple,sheer

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