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単

Level IV of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 426 / 2,608

Simple

On’yomi
たん
Kun’yomi
—
Radical
十 Ten (Kangxi 24)

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

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

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;singleN1
単に たんに simply,merely,only,solelyN3
単なる たんなる mere,simple,sheerN3

単 is rank 426 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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