Japanese

Noun

単位 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 單位, hiragana たんい, romaji tan'i)

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

Hyponyms

• 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”)

Descendants

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

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.