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. Radical 一

DescendantsEdit

• ㄧ

See alsoEdit

• (Chinese written numbers): 零 or 〇， 一， 二， 三， 四， 五， 六， 七， 八， 九， 十， 百， 千， 萬／万， 億／亿
• (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

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simp. and trad.		一

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔit.

PronunciationEdit

Middle Chinese pronunciation (一, reconstructed)
Character (一), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 質 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 於悉切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʔiɪt̚/	/ʔi̯ĕt̚/	/ʔiĕt̚/	/ʔit̚/	/ʔit̚/	/ĭĕt̚/	/ʔjet̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (一, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
一								yī								‹ ʔjit ›								/*ʔi[t]/								one
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
一					14833					一					質					2					一					/*qliɡ/

NumeralEdit

一

1. one

SynonymsEdit

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

Usage notesEdit

• Normally pronounced with the second tone (yí) before a fourth-tone syllable, and with the fourth tone (yì) before a first-, second-, or third-tone syllable.
• Often pronounced yāo (幺) when giving a sequence of digits such as a telephone number.

See alsoEdit

• (Chinese written numbers): 零 or 〇， 一， 二， 三， 四， 五， 六， 七， 八， 九， 十， 百， 千， 萬／万， 億／亿
• Chinese number : 零/〇,一,二,三,四,五,六,七,八,九,十,百,千

AdjectiveEdit

一

1. each

   給他們一人一隻蘋果。 [MSC, trad.]

   给他们一人一隻苹果。 [MSC, simp.]

   Gěi tā men yī rén yī zhī píngguǒ. [Pinyin]

   Give them an apple each.

2. single, alone

   獨自一人 / 独自一人  ―  dúzìyīrén  ―  solitary

3. whole entire, all, throughout

   他們在海灘上玩了一下午。 [MSC, trad.]

   他们在海滩上玩了一下午。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tāmen zài hǎitān shàng wán le yī xiàwǔ. [Pinyin]

   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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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

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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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Han characterEdit

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

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ReferencesEdit

• Nom Foundation