Zi:單

單(S​单) [dān] alone; single; sheet; (HDZ:) … [chán] 單​于; 單​閼 [shàn] (​姓) [dǎn] ​亶 [chǎn] ​嘽; ​繟 [dàn] ​憚 [zhàn] ​戰 [tán] (​姓) ​檀

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    HDZ: 單 : dān : ​大; ​单​独, ​一​个, ​单​方​面​的 (​单​项, ​单​扇​门, ​单​枪​匹​马); ​奇​数​的 (ant. ​双) (​单​数, ​单​日, ​单​号); ​孤​独; ​弱, ​微 (​单​弱, ​势​单​力​薄); ​简​单, ​单​纯 (​单​调); ​襌: ​单​层​的 (​衣​物​等) (​单​衣, ​单​裤); ​单​薄; ​单​子, ​记​载​事​物​的​纸​片 (​帐​单, ​名​单, ​传​单, ​单​据); (​副​词) ​只, ​仅 (​办​事​单​靠​热​情​不​行; ​不​提​别​的, ​单​说​这​件​事); ​禅​堂​的​坐​床、​蒲​团; (​连​词) …​零; ​殫: ​尽 • dǎn : ​亶: ​诚, ​厚 • chán : (​天​文) 單​閼 (chányè): (​地​支) ​卯 (​太​歲​在​卯); ​周, ​环​绕 (cf. ​繟, ​紉) • shàn : (​姓) • chǎn : ​嘽: ​声​音​舒​缓; ​繟: ​舒​缓​貌 (cf. ​紉; ​彈: ​针​刺; ​篾​制​的​绳​索) • dàn : ​憚: ​畏​惧 • zhàn : ​戰: ​进​行​战​斗 • tán : (​姓) ​檀
(Explanation from the entry for the simple form ​单:) The simple-form character ​单 (8 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 單 (12 strokes), replacing the upper full-form component ​吅 (6 strokes) with​丷 (2 strokes).
    Note: In ​单/單 the simplification of ​丷/​吅 is that of ​兽/​嘼/​獸; cf. ​兽.
    The Shuōwén Seal form of ​单/單(​􀐋) dān ‘great (beast)’ combines the shape ​(⿱​田​十), short for ​黾/​黽(​􂘅) měng ‘frog/amphibian’ (cf. ​兽/​嘼), with ​吅(​􀐅) xuān ‘cry/roar’ (phonosemantic); [lacuna].
    Note: 單(​􀐋) is an old wr. of ​鼍/​鼉(​􂘍​𪓸) tuó ‘alligator’, and of ​战/​戰(​􂍖) zhàn ‘battle/war’, phonosemantic in both; SW records that alligator skin was used to make (war) drums.
    Compare: ​𬶛/​鱓 tuó ‘alligator’, formerly wr. ​鼍/​鼉(​􂘍​𪓸); ​𬶛/​鱓(​􂁍) shàn ‘Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)’.
    Compare: ​兽/​獸(​􂤫​􂤪​嘼) shòu ‘beast’, in which ​吅 represents the curved horns, not ​吅(​􀐅) xuān ‘cry/roar’; but in the Seal the central part of ​兽/​嘼(​􂤪) is the same as ​单/單(​􀐋).
    “[單] Single, alone; only; odd (in number); single sheet, a list, a bill, a slip” —Karlgren(AD).
    Note: Lindqvist proposed that ​单 may have represented hunting stones tied with a rope (cf. bolas/boleadoras); cf. ​弹 dàn as in ​子​弹 zǐdàn ‘bullet’.
    Compare: ​弹/​彈(​􂏞) tán/dàn ‘shoot/projectile’, formerly wr. ​𢎟(​􂏟).
   
►references: Karlgren:GSR147a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.654.6; Mathews:6030; Guǎngyùn:121.14,138.32,292.01,409.22; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:200.25; EDOC:1
►components: ​吅​​​口​田​十
►Cantonese: daan\
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