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

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Radical 1 一

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: 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

EtymologyEdit

From Old Chinese *^?yit.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /jɐt˥/

HanziEdit

一 (Jyutping jat1, Yale yat1)

NumeralEdit

一 (jyutping jat1, yale yat1)

1. (cardinal) one

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.

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

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

HanjaEdit

一
Eumhun:

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

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

1. one

NumeralEdit

一 (il) (hangeul 일)

1. (cardinal) one

EtymologyEdit

From Old Chinese *^?yit.

PronunciationEdit

• audio

  (file)

HanziEdit

一 (Pinyin yī (yi1), Wade-Giles i¹)

CompoundsEdit

NumeralEdit

一 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yī)

1. (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

• • Last: 零
  • Next: 二

HanziEdit

一

PronunciationEdit

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

Han characterEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

• Nom Foundation

HanziEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /iɔ/, /iɪʔ/

Latin Alphabet: ih

Shanghai Accent：iɪʔ

Suzhou Accent：iɤʔ

Ningbo Accent：iɪʔ

Wenzhou Accent：

Zhuyin Fuhao:ㄧㄝ