単位

See also: 單位 and 单位

Japanese

Kanji in this term
単	位
たん Grade: 4	い Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
單位 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 單位 (tan hwij^H).

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) たんい [táꜜn'ì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [tã̠ɰ̃i]

Noun

単(たん)位(い) • (tan'i) ^{←たんゐ (tanwi)^?}

unit of measure
unit (an organized group)
academic credit
単(たん)位(い)を取(しゅ)得(とく)する
tan'i o shutoku suru
to get credits

単(たん)位(い)を落(お)とす
tan'i o otosu
to fail a class

Hyponyms

長(なが)さ (nagasa, “length”)
重(おも)さ (omosa, “weight”)
重(じゅう)量(りょう) (jūryō, “weight”)
質(しつ)量(りょう) (shitsuryō, “mass”)
面(めん)積(せき) (menseki, “area”)
体(たい)積(せき) (taiseki, “volume”)
温(おん)度(ど) (ondo, “temperature”)
時(じ)間(かん) (jikan, “time”)
明(あか)るさ (akarusa, “brightness”)
光(こう)度(ど) (kōdo, “luminosity”)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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