単位

From Middle Chinese 單位 (tan hwij^H)

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

単位 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 單位, hiragana たんい, rōmaji tan'i, historical hiragana たんゐ)

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

   単位 (たんい)を取得 (しゅとく)する

   tan'i o shutoku suru

   to get credits

   単位 (たんい)を落 (お)とす

   tan'i o otosu

   to fail a class

• 長 (なが)さ (nagasa, “length”)
• 重 (おも)さ (omosa, “weight”)
• 重量 (じゅうりょう) (jūryō, “weight”)
• 質量 (しつりょう) (shitsuryō, “mass”)
• 面積 (めんせき) (menseki, “area”)
• 体積 (たいせき) (taiseki, “volume”)
• 温度 (おんど) (ondo, “temperature”)
• 時間 (じかん) (jikan, “time”)
• 明 (あか)るさ (akarusa, “brightness”)
• 光度 (こうど) (kōdo, “luminosity”)

• Chinese: 單位／单位 (dānwèi)
• Korean: 단위 (danwi)
• Vietnamese: đơn vị

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