單于

From Xiongnu. Earliest extant attestations of this title (reconstructed as *darƣʷa) are in Chinese language inscriptions found in ruins of Xiongnu's capital 龍城／龙城 (Lóngchéng), in modern Mongolia.^[1]

Cognate with Mongolian ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ (darug-a) / дарга (darga, “chief; head; governor”), Persian داروغه (dâruġe, “governor”), Old Turkic 𐱃𐰺𐰴𐰣 (tarqan, “commander”).

Related to 答剌罕 (dálàhǎn, “tarkhan”), 達魯噶／达鲁噶 (“darugha”), 達魯花赤／达鲁花赤 (“darughachi”).

單于

1. (historical) chanyu (a supreme ruler of one or more nomadic tribes of Inner Asian peoples, at some point between the 4th century BCE and the 4th century CE; most notably a ruler of the Xiongnu)

   • 於是匈奴貴人大臣皆服，以冒頓單于為賢。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     于是匈奴贵人大臣皆服，以冒顿单于为贤。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Yúshì Xiōngnú guìrén dàchén jiē fú, yǐ Mòdùn chányú wéi xián. [Pinyin]

     Therefore, all Xiongnu nobles and high officials were won over and considered Modun chanyu to be worthy.

單于

1. a surname, Chanyu

單(ぜん)于(う) or 單(せん)于(う) • (zen'u or sen'u) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 単于 (“chanyu”)

單于 • (seonu) (hangeul 선우)

1. hanja form^? of 선우 (“chanyu”)

單于

1. chữ Hán form of thiền vu (“chanyu”)