takes genitive case の, noun

  1. single, one.

noun

Messages.gramm.
  1. singular (number).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
単数 たんすう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

simple, one, single
タン ひとえ (4th, N3)
fasten, halt, stop
リュウ ル と.める (Kentei 1)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
number, strength, fate
スウ かず かぞ.える (2nd, N3)
surname, constellation, to wear
ル ロウ つな.ぐ
rice, USA, metre
ベイ こめ マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)