单 dān
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 丷 — horns
单独
dāndú
alone; by oneself
Characters in this word
独 dú
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 犭 — dog
- Made of
- 犭 dog 虫 insect, worm
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我单独去。 Wǒ dāndú qù. I will go by myself.
- 她单独住。 Tā dāndú zhù. She lives alone.
- 别单独走。 Bié dāndú zǒu. Do not walk alone.