一

Stroke order

Stroke order

Alternative formsEdit

• 1, 〡, ¹, ₁, ①, ⑴, ⒈, ⓵, ❶, ⼀, ㆒, ㈠, ㊀, 壱, 弌, 扠, 搋

EtymologyEdit

一 is the simplified form of 弌, potentially representing an outstretched finger.

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Han characterEdit

一 (radical 1 一+0, 1 stroke, cangjie input 一 (M), four-corner 1000₀)

1. one
2. alone
3. Radical 一

DescendantsEdit

• ㄧ

See alsoEdit

• (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

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: Template:Han KangXi link, 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

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EtymologyEdit

From Old Chinese *^?yit.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /jɐt˥/

HanziEdit

一 (Jyutping jat1, Yale yat1)

NumeralEdit

一 (jyutping jat1, yale yat1)

1. (cardinal) one

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HanziEdit

一 (POJ yit, Guangdong jit⁷; jt⁷ [Meixian], zit⁷ [Hailu], Hagfa Pinyim yid5)

ReferencesEdit

• 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.

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KanjiEdit

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. one
2. "one" radical (いち)

Alternative formsEdit

• 壱 (financial or formal)

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: 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)

CompoundsEdit

Derived termsEdit

• 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)

  exp: from the beginning, from scratch

• 一ころ (いちころ, ichikoro): a trouncing, a beat-down
• くノ一 (くのいち, kunoichi): female ninja

Etymology 1Edit

From Sinitic 一, from Old Chinese *^?yit.

PronunciationEdit

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): /i.tiꜜ/, [i˨.t͡ɕi˦]

• Audio

  (file)

NounEdit

一 (hiragana いち, romaji ichi)

1. one, 1
2. the beginning
3. unity

NumeralEdit

Japanese cardinal numbers

<  0	1	2  >
Cardinal : 一

一 (hiragana いち, romaji ichi)

1. (cardinal) one, 1

IdiomsEdit

• 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

  いちからじゅうまで

  ichi kara jū made

  (literally. from one to ten)

  all, without exception; from A to Z

• 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 2Edit

From Old Japanese.

/hito2/: [pitə] > [ɸitə] > [ɸito] > [çito]

PronunciationEdit

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [çito̞]

NumberEdit

一 (hiragana ひと, romaji hito)

1. (cardinal) one

Etymology 3Edit

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.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ha̠d͡ʑime̞]

Proper nounEdit

一 (hiragana はじめ, romaji Hajime)

1. A male given name

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HanjaEdit

一 (il)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 일 (revised: il, McCune-Reischauer: il, Yale: il)

• Name (hangeul): 한 (revised: han, McCune-Reischauer: han, Yale: han)

1. one

NumeralEdit

一 (il) (hangeul 일)

1. (cardinal) one

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EtymologyEdit

From Old Chinese *^?yit.

PronunciationEdit

Mandarin (Standard Chinese, Beijing) Pinyin yī Zhuyin ㄧ IPA (key) /i⁵⁵/ Audio (file)

HanziEdit

一 (Pinyin yī (yi1), Wade-Giles i¹)

1. Kangxi radical 1

NumeralEdit

一 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yī)

1. one

SynonymsEdit

• Banker's numerals : 壹, 弌
• 幺 one when speling phone number, one on dice or dominoes

Usage noteEdit

Often pronounced yāo (幺) when giving a sequence of digits such as a telephone number.

See alsoEdit

• Chinese number : 零/〇,一,二,三,四,五,六,七,八,九,十,百,千

AdjectiveEdit

一 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yī)

1. each

   给他们一人一只苹果。 gěi tāmen yī rén yī zhī píngguǒ.

   Give them an apple each.

2. single, alone

   独自一人

3. whole entire, all, throughout

   他们在海滩上玩了一下午。 tāmen zài hǎitān shàng wán le yī xià wǔ.

   They played the whole afternoon on the beach.

• • Last: 零
  • Next: 二

CompoundsEdit

ReferencesEdit

• "Jukuu" (in Mandarin/English), Jukuu. URL accessed on 2014-03-21.

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HanziEdit

一

PronunciationEdit

• 一 (traditional, POJ it)
• 一 (traditional, POJ chi̍t)

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Han characterEdit

一 (nhất, nhắt, nhật, nhứt, chí, chiêu, chinh)

ReferencesEdit

• Nom Foundation

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HanziEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /iɔ/, /iɪʔ/

Latin Alphabet: ih

Shanghai Accent：iɪʔ

Suzhou Accent：iɤʔ

Ningbo Accent：iɪʔ

Wenzhou Accent：

Zhuyin Fuhao:ㄧㄝ