单元

Character by character

• 单dān8 strokesHSK 2 traditional 單single, individual, only; lone
• 元yuán4 strokesHSK 1first; dollar; origin; head

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 单元. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 美元měi yuánHSK 3

  American dollar; US dollar

• 简单jiǎn dānHSK 3

  simple; not complicated

• 元yuánHSK 1

  currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); first; original; primary; fundamental; constituent; part; era (of a reign); meta- (prefix); (math.) argument; variable; (Tw) (geology) eon

• 单dānHSK 4

  bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number

• 名单míng dānHSK 2

  list of names

• 单位dān wèiHSK 2

  unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)

• 单身dān shēnHSK 7

  unmarried; single

• 单独dān dúHSK 4

  alone; by oneself; on one's own

• 孤单gū dānHSK 7

  lone; lonely; loneliness

• 元素yuán sùHSK 6

  element (key component of sth); (chemistry) element; (math.) element (member of a set)

• 单纯dān chúnHSK 4

  simple; pure; unsophisticated; merely; purely

• 菜单cài dānHSK 2

  menu

• 清单qīng dānHSK 7

  list of items

• 订单dìng dānHSK 7

  (purchase) order

• 元首yuán shǒuHSK 7

  head of state

• 单一dān yīHSK 5

  single; only; sole

• 床单chuáng dān

  bed sheet

• 账单zhàng dānHSK 7

  bill

• 公元gōng yuánHSK 4

  CE (Common Era); Christian Era; AD (Anno Domini)

• 单调dān diàoHSK 4

  monotonous

• 传单chuán dān

  leaflet; flier; pamphlet

• 多元化duō yuán huà

  diversification; pluralism; to diversify

• 单打dān dǎHSK 6

  singles (in sports)

• 元老yuán lǎoHSK 7

  senior figure; elder; doyen