"単位" meaning in All languages combined

See 単位 on Wiktionary

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [tã̠ɰ̃i] Forms: 単位 [canonical] (ruby: (たん), ()), tan'i [romanization], tan'wi [romanization], たんゐ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 單位 (tan hwijᴴ). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|單位|sort=たんい|tr=tan hwijᴴ}} Middle Chinese 單位 (tan hwijᴴ) Head templates: {{ja-noun|たんい|hhira=たんゐ}} 単(たん)位(い) • (tan'i) ^(←たんゐ (tan'wi)?)
  1. unit of measure
    Sense id: en-単位-ja-noun-oqZ9jcRm Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Units of measure Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 40 43 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 53 10 37
  2. unit (an organized group)
    Sense id: en-単位-ja-noun-gK04vUBt Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 40 43
  3. academic credit
    Sense id: en-単位-ja-noun-Ac0Mdm5u Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 10 27 63 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 7 19 74 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 25 64 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 8 19 73 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 16 78 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 19 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 40 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 25 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: 長さ (nagasa) (ruby: (なが)) (english: length), 重さ (omosa) (ruby: (おも)) (english: weight), 重量 (jūryō) (ruby: (じゅう), (りょう)) (english: weight), 質量 (shitsuryō) (ruby: (しつ), (りょう)) (english: mass), 面積 (menseki) (ruby: (めん), (せき)) (english: area), 体積 (taiseki) (ruby: (たい), (せき)) (english: volume), 温度 (ondo) (ruby: (おん), ()) (english: temperature), 時間 (jikan) (ruby: (), (かん)) (english: time), 明るさ (akarusa) (ruby: (あか)) (english: brightness), 光度 (kōdo) (ruby: (こう), ()) (english: luminosity)
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          "roman": "tan'i o shutoku suru",
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Download raw JSONL data for 単位 meaning in All languages combined (3.2kB)

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