See also: , [U+2013 EN DASH], - [U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS], [U+2212 MINUS SIGN], [U+2014 EM DASH], [U+30FC KATAKANA-HIRAGANA PROLONGED SOUND MARK], [U+4E28 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E28], [U+3127 BOPOMOFO LETTER I], and [U+4EA0 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EA0]

Translingual

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Chinese

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Alternative forms

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Han character

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

  1. Kangxi radical №1
  2. Shuōwén Jiězì radical №1

Descendants

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 75, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1
  • Dae Jaweon: page 129, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 1, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4E00

Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔit. Descendants from the *ʔit etymon account for the majority of the dialectal forms for ONE in Chinese (Mandarin, Jin, Gan, Hakka, Hui, Xiang, Yue groups, etc.).

In Min, an additional unrelated form is found and used as the colloquial reading for ONE. Compare:

Fuzhou/Fuding suoʔ8, Fuqing θyo8, Gutian syøʔ8, Ningde søʔ8, Zhouning sɔʔ8, Putian ɬoʔ8, Xiamen/Quanzhou/Yongchun/Zhangzhou tsit̚8, Leizhou/Haikou ziak8, Longyan tse4, Youxiu ɕie7, Jian'ou/Songxi tsi5, Jianyang tsi8, Jian'ou tsi5.

Whether all of the forms above are related and their origins remain unelucidated; they may be derived from (shǔ) (cf. (, single, alone)), (zhī) (< *tjak ~ g-t(j)ik) or (zhí).

Some Central Min dialects use and (guǎ) for ONE.

Pronunciation

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Note: Pronounced (yāo) when spelling phone number, one on dice or dominoes. Subject to retrograde tone sandhi.
Note:
  • siŏh - colloquial;
  • ék - literary.
Note:
  • chi̍t - colloquial;
  • it - literary.
Note:
  • zêg8 - colloquial;
  • ig4, êg4 - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /i⁵⁵/
Harbin /i⁴⁴/
Tianjin
Jinan /i²¹³/
Qingdao /i⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /i²⁴/
Xi'an /i²¹/
Xining /i⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /i¹³/
Lanzhou /i¹³/
Ürümqi /i²¹³/
Wuhan /i²¹³/
Chengdu /i²¹/
Guiyang /i²¹/
Kunming /i⁴²/
Nanjing /iʔ⁵/
Hefei /ieʔ⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /ieʔ²/
Pingyao
Hohhot /iəʔ³⁴/
Wu Shanghai /iɪʔ⁵/
Suzhou /iɪʔ⁴/
Hangzhou /iɪʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /iai³²³/
/i³²³/
Hui Shexian /i³³/
Tunxi /iʔ⁵⁵/
Xiang Changsha /i²⁴/
Xiangtan /i²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /it̚⁵/
Hakka Meixian /it̚¹/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /jɐt̚⁵/
Nanning /iət̚⁵/
Hong Kong /iɐt̚⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /it̚³²/
/tsit̚⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /eiʔ²³/
/suɔʔ⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /i²⁴/
/tsi⁴²/
Shantou (Teochew) /ik̚²/
Haikou (Hainanese)

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (48)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter 'jit
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jat1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 14833
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qliɡ/

Definitions

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      •   ―  kàn yī kàn  ―  to have a look
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