| Chinese Text Project |
| 獨 U+7368 |  Seal script | 独 Semantic variant Simplified character |
| Radical: | 犬+ 13 strokes = 16 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.448#8 Kangxi: p.719#25 Cihai: p.879r5c02 GSR: 1224.i Hanyu: v2,p1372#03 |
| Composition: | Left: 犭, right: 蜀. Component of: 𧁿 𤣡 𪈌 𮭞 |
| Mandarin: | dú ㄉㄨˊ |
| Cantonese: | duk6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *dhuk |
| Shuowen: | 《犬部》獨：犬相得而鬬也。从犬蜀聲。羊為羣，犬為獨也。一曰北嚻山有獨𤞞獸，如虎，白身，豕鬣，尾如馬。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·入聲·屋·獨》獨：《說文》曰：犬相得而鬬也，羊爲羣大爲獨一曰獨𤞞獸名如虎白身豕鬣馬尾岀北嚻山𤞞音欲亦單獨又虜複姓有獨孤氏後魏書云西方獨孤渾氏後改爲杜氏。徒谷切，三十。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·犬部·十三》獨：《唐韻》《集韻》《韻會》徒谷切《正韻》杜谷切，𠀤音犢。《說文》犬相得而𩰚。从犬蜀聲。羊爲羣，犬爲獨也。又獸名。《埤雅》顏從曰：獨一叫而猨散，鼉一鳴而龜伏。或曰鼉鳴夜，獨叫曉。獨，猨類也。似猨而大，食猨。今俗謂之獨猨。蓋猨性羣，獨性特，猨鳴三，獨叫一，是以謂之獨也。又獨𤞞，獸名。詳前𤞞字註。又《廣韻》單獨。《詩·小雅》哀此惸獨。《傳》獨，單也。《又》念我獨兮。《爾雅·釋山》獨者蜀。《疏》蟲之孤獨者名蜀，是以山之孤獨者亦名曰蜀也。《揚子·方言》一蜀也。南楚謂之獨。又山名。《山海經》獨山，多金玉美石。又《廣韻》複姓有獨孤氏。《後魏書》西方獨孤渾氏，後攺爲杜氏。又姓。《正字通》明獨立，獨善。 |
| Fanqie: | 徒谷 (《廣韻·入聲·屋·獨》) |
| Unihan definition: | alone, single, solitary, only |
Example usage
| 《論語·顏淵》: | 司馬牛憂曰：「人皆有兄弟，我獨亡。」 |
| Si Ma Niu, full of anxiety, said, "Other men all have their brothers, I only have not." | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 獨孤臣孽子，其操心也危，其慮患也深，故達。 |
| They are the friendless minister and concubine's son, who keep their hearts under a sense of peril, and use deep precautions against calamity. On this account they become distinguished for their intelligence. | |
| 《禮記·王制》: | 司徒修六禮以節民性，明七教以興民德，齊八政以防淫，一道德以同俗，養耆老以致孝，恤孤獨以逮不足，上賢以崇德，簡不肖以絀惡。 |
| The minister of Instruction defined and set forth the six ceremonial observances: to direct and control the nature of the people; clearly illustrated the seven lessons (of morality) to stimulate their virtue; inculcated uniformity in the eight objects of government, to guard against all excess; taught the sameness of the course (of duty) and virtue, to assimilate manners; nourished the aged, to secure the completion of filial piety; showed pity to orphans and solitaries, to reach those who had been bereaved; exalted men of talents and worth, to give honour to virtue; and dealt summarily with the unworthy, to discountenance wickedness. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 吾獨有不戶者矣？ |
| How could I be the only one who has not entered through the door? | |
| 《莊子·逍遙遊》: | 莊子曰：「子獨不見狸狌乎？」 |
| Zhuangzi replied, 'Have you never seen a wildcat or a weasel?' | |
| 《道德經》: | 我獨怕兮其未兆。 |
| I alone seem listless and still, my desires having as yet given no indication of their presence. | |
| 《商君書·更法》: | 有獨知之慮者，必見訾於民。 |
| He who has thoughts of independent knowledge is certainly despised by the world. | |
| 《孫子兵法·軍爭》: | 人既專一，則勇者不得獨進，怯者不得獨退，此用眾之法也。 |
| The host thus forming a single united body, is it impossible either for the brave to advance alone, or for the cowardly to retreat alone. This is the art of handling large masses of men. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 然尚書獨載堯以來。 |
| But the Book of History only refers to Yao, and those who come after him. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 迷者不問路，溺者不問遂，亡人好獨。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 廓然遠見，踔然獨立。 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 獨修之意也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 故中心存善而日新之，雖獨居而樂，德充而形。 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 使之哀鰥寡，養孤獨，恤貧窮，誘孝悌，選賢舉能。 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 地有三等不變，至爵獨變者何？ |
| 《新書·脩政語上》: | 靜思而獨居，譬其若火。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 且三秦王為秦將，將秦子弟數歲，所殺亡不可勝計，又欺其眾降諸侯至新安，項王詐坑秦降卒二十餘萬人，唯獨邯、欣、翳脫，秦父兄怨此三人，痛入骨髓。 |
| 《中論·治學》: | 夫獨思則滯而不通，獨為則困而不就，人心必有明焉，必有悟焉。 |
| 《孔子家語·相魯》: | 齊侯歸，責其群臣曰：「魯以君子道輔其君，而子獨以夷翟道教寡人，使得罪。」 |
| 《潛夫論·賢難》: | 豈獨品庶，賢材時有焉。 |
| 《論衡·幸偶》: | 俱稟元氣，或獨為人，或為禽獸。 |
| 《太玄經·𤕠》: | 次六，獨𤕠逝逝，利小不利大。 |
| 《風俗通義·三皇》: | 唯獨敘二皇，不及遂人 |
| 《孔叢子·廣訓》: | 我從事獨賢，勞事獨多也。 |
| 《申鑒·雜言下》: | 劉向曰：『性情相應，性不獨善，情不獨惡。』 |
| 《忠經·守宰章》: | 獨清則謹己而已，不建於事。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 禮義獨行，綱紀不立，後世衰廢。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 至秦，天子獨以為稱，漢因而不改也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 舊儀三公以下月朝，後省，常以六月朔、十月朔旦朝，後又以盛暑省六月朝，故今獨以為正月、十月朔朝也。 |
| 《墨子·經說下》: | 若曰，「必獨指吾所舉，毋舉吾所不舉」，則者固不能獨指。 |
| 《魯勝墨辯注敘》: | 墨辯有上下經，經各有說，凡四篇，與其書眾篇連第，故獨存。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 陰陽爾，四時爾，不生者疑獨，不化者往復。 |
| 《鶡冠子·道端》: | 夫寒溫之變，非一精之所化也，天下之事，非一人之所能獨知也，海水廣大，非獨仰一川之流也。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 萬物有所生而獨如其根，百事有所出而獨守其門，故能窮無窮，極無極，照物而不眩，響應而不知。 |
| 《文始真經·四符》: | 合乎精，故所見我獨。 |
| 《列仙傳·容成公》: | 得一在昔，含光獨游。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 我獨怕兮其未兆，我獨怕然安靜，未有情欲之形兆也。 |
| 《韓非子·初見秦》: | 然則是趙舉，趙舉則韓亡，韓亡則荊、魏不能獨立，荊、魏不能獨立則是一舉而壞韓、蠹魏、拔荊，東以弱齊、燕，決白馬之口以沃魏氏，是一舉而三晉亡，從者敗也。 |
| 《申不害·佚文》: | 獨視者謂明，獨聽者謂聰。 |
| 《慎子·知忠》: | 亂世之中，亡國之臣，非獨無忠臣也。 |
| 《管子·輕重丁》: | 且君幣籍而務，則賈人獨操國趣。 |
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