独

alone / independent / single / sole / only

three-stroke form of Kangxi radical 94 犬[quan3]

variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]

lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic

alone / by oneself / on one's own

lonely / solitary

only / just (i.e. it is only that...) / all except / unique

Taiwan independence / (of Taiwan) to declare independence

lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom) / fig. to be in a league of one's own / outstanding

original and ingenious (idiom) / to show great creativity

judicial independence

lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom) / fig. you go your way, I'll go mine / you do it your way, I'll do it mine

to fight alone (idiom)

an only child

sudoku (puzzle game)

one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)

wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) (form of legal entity in China) / abbr. to 外資企業|外资企业[wai4 zi1 qi3 ye4]

bereaved of one's only child

a family bereaved of its only child

not only

alone in the world (idiom)

see 獨具隻眼|独具只眼[du2 ju4 zhi1 yan3]

double and single / allowed dispensation to have second child

a married couple allowed dispensation to have second child