Kanji: 独

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N1 (most advanced level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 6 (completion of 5th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 5th grade in Japan
Radical:	犬(犭) Radical name: いぬ（けものへん）
Meaning:	Single, alone, spontaneously, Germany
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 350 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N3	独身(どくしん)	bachelorhood, single, unmarried, celibate
N3	独特(どくとく)	peculiarity, uniqueness, characteristic
N3	独立(どくりつ)	independence (standing alone), self-support
N3	独(ひと)り	alone, unmarried
N2	独(ひと)り言(ごと)	a soliloquy, a monologue, speaking to oneself
N1	孤独(こどく)	isolation, loneliness, solitude
N1	単独(たんどく)	sole, independence, single, solo (flight)
N1	独裁(どくさい)	dictatorship, despotism
N1	独自(どくじ)	original, peculiar, characteristic
N1	独占(どくせん)	monopoly
N1	独創(どくそう)	originality