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 hwijH).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) た​んい [táꜜǹ'ì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [tã̠ɰ̃i]

Noun

単(たん)位(い) • (tan'i) ←たんゐ (tan'wi)?

  1. unit of measure
  2. unit (an organized group)
  3. 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

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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