一
Translingual
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Alternative forms
Etymology
一 is the simplified form of 弌, potentially representing an outstretched finger.
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Han character
一 (radical 1 一+0, 1 stroke, cangjie input 一 (M), four-corner 10000)
See also
- (Chinese written numbers): 〇 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十
- (Chinese financial form): 壹
- (Other powers of ten): 分
- Similar characters: 亠
References
- KangXi: page 75, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1
- Dae Jaweon: page 129, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 1, character 1
- Unihan data for U+4E00
- http://www.kanjinetworks.com/eng/kanji-dictionary/online-kanji-etymology-dictionary.cfm
Cantonese
Etymology
From Old Chinese *?yit.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /jɐt˥/
Hanzi
一 (jyutping jat1, Yale yat1)
Numeral
一 (jyutping jat1, yale yat1)
- (cardinal) one
Hakka
Hanzi
一 (POJ yit, Guangdong jit7; jt7 [Meixian], zit7 [Hailu], Hagfa Pinyim yid5)
References
- CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
- Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
- Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.
Japanese
Kanji
- one
- "one" radical (いち)
Alternative forms
- 壱 (financial or formal)
Readings
- Go'on: いち (ichi)
- Kan'on: いつ (itsu)
- Kun: ひと (hito), ひとつ (一つ, hitotsu)
- Nanori: い (i), いっ (it), いる (iru), おさむ (osamu), かつ (katsu), かず (kazu), かづ (kazu), すすむ (susumu), てん (ten), はじめ (hajime), ひ (hi), ひとつ (hitotsu), まこと (makoto)
Compounds
Compound words that contain 一
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Derived terms
- 一つ (ひとつ, hitotsu): one, 1 (counting)
- 一に (いつに, itsuni): solely, entirely, only, or
- 一は (いつは, itsuwa): for one thing, partly
- 一から (いちから, ichikara)
- 一ころ (いちころ, ichikoro): a trouncing, a beat-down
- くノ一 (くのいち, kunoichi): female ninja
Etymology 1
From Sinitic 一, from Old Chinese *?yit.
Pronunciation
Noun
Numeral
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Idioms
- 一からやり直す
- いちからやりなおす
- ichi kara yarinaosu
- start over from scratch
- 一から十まで
- 一か八か
- いちかばちか
- ichi ka bachi ka
- it's a gamble; sink or swim
- 一もにも無く
- いちもにもなく
- ichi mo ni mo naku
- unhesitatingly
Etymology 2
From Old Japanese.
/hito2/: [pitə] > [ɸitə] > [ɸito] > [çito]
Pronunciation
Number
- (cardinal) one
Etymology 3
From 始め (hajime, “beginning, first”), stem noun form of verb 始める (hajimeru, “to begin something”). The use of the kanji 一 for the reading hajime is an example of jukujikun.
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ha̠d͡ʑime̞]
Proper noun
一 (hiragana はじめ, romaji Hajime)
- A male given name
Korean
Hanja
一
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 일 (revised: il, McCune-Reischauer: il, Yale: il)
- Name (hangeul): 하나 (revised: hana, McCune-Reischauer: hana, Yale: hana)
Numeral
一
- (cardinal) one
Mandarin
Etymology
From Old Chinese *?yit.
Pronunciation
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audio (file)
Hanzi
一 (pinyin yī (yi1), Wade-Giles i1)
Compounds
compound words that contain 一
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Numeral
一 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yī)
- (cardinal) one
Note Often pronounced yāo when giving a sequence of digits such as a telephone number.
- Wubi Xing: ggll
- Wubi Hua: 1
- Quwei: 5027
Wu
Pronunciation
- IPA: /iɔ/, /iɪʔ/
Latin Alphabet: ih
Shanghai Accent：iɪʔ
Suzhou Accent：iɤʔ
Ningbo Accent：iɪʔ
Wenzhou Accent：
Zhuyin Fuhao:ㄧㄝ
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