獨
독
As the first character — 10 words
독특하다
獨特-
to be unique
TOPIK 4
독립
獨立
independence
TOPIK 4
독자적
獨自的
independent, self-reliant, not relying on outside help
TOPIK 6
독점
獨占
monopoly
TOPIK 6
독재
獨裁
dictatorship
TOPIK 6
독창적
獨創的
original
TOPIK 5
독립하다
獨立-
to become independent
TOPIK 4
독일어
獨逸語
German language
TOPIK 3
독창성
獨創性
originality
TOPIK 6
독일
獨逸
Germany
TOPIK 1
As the last character — 3 words
2 other characters are also read 독
Characters it combines with
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Hanja spellings, word meanings and TOPIK grades from the 국립국어원 한국어기초사전, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.
The reading 독 is derived from the alignment between these words' Hangul and their hanja spellings, not taken from a character dictionary — which is also why no 훈 is shown.