壹

See also: 一, 壱, and 弌

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

壹 (radical 33 士+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土月一廿 (GBMT), four-corner 4010₈, composition ⿳士冖豆)

1. number one

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 243, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5661
• Dae Jaweon: page 483, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 467, character 10
• Unihan data for U+58F9

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		壹

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yī (yi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹, jik¹
• Min Nan (POJ): it

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ
    • Wade-Giles: i¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹, jik¹
    • Yale: yāt, yīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷, jik⁷
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵/, /jɪk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it
    • Tâi-lô: it
    • Phofsit Daibuun: id
    • IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔiɪt̚/▼

Rime
Character	壹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於悉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔit̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/ĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yi

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*ʔi[t]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qlid/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	壹
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yī
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjit ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔi[t]/
English	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	壹
Reading #	1/1
No.	14852
Phonetic component	壹
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	一
Old Chinese	/*qlid/
Notes	說文吉聲實懿省文加吉聲

DefinitionsEdit

壹

1. one

Usage notesEdit

• This character is rare and only used in an elevated style. Otherwise, 一 is used instead.

ReferencesEdit

• “Entry #2”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

壹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 壱)

1. one

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: いち (ichi)
• Kan’on: いつ (itsu)
• Kun: ひとつ (hitotsu)
• Nanori: い (i)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

壹 • ‎(il) (hangeul 일, revised il, McCune-Reischauer il)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

壹 (nhất, nhứt)

1. one