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Simplified form of 單. Pictograph of a hunting tool or weapon constructed from rocks tied to a tree branch. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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The traditional form 單 is a pictograph of a hunting tool or weapon made by tying rocks to a tree branch. The simplified character 单 replaces the complex upper structure, two 口 elements and a central vertical, with the simpler 丷 and 日. Its modern meanings of "single", "alone", "simple", and by extension "list", "bill", or "document" (such as a menu or receipt) all stem from a phonetic loan, entirely unconnected to the original object.
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这是一个简单的任务。
他单独去了公园。
请给我看看菜单。
我的单位在市中心。
她现在是单身状态。
这个单子需要你签字。
商品的单价已经确定。
虽然这个任务看起来简单，但单独完成并不容易。
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