一

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See also: yi, ‐ [U+2010 HYPHEN], – [U+2013 EN DASH], - [U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS], − [U+2212 MINUS SIGN], — [U+2014 EM DASH], ー [U+30FC KATAKANA-HIRAGANA PROLONGED SOUND MARK], and 丨 [U+4E28 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E28]
Character  一 
Unicode name CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E00
Unicode block CJK Unified Ideographs
Codepoint U+4E00
 ䷿ ← CJK Unified Ideographs → 丁 

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
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Stroke order
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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

一 一 一 一
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

A horizontal stroke, indicating the number one.

Han character[edit]

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Radical 1 一

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

  1. Radical 一

Descendants[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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

Chinese[edit]

-
simp. and trad.
 一

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔit.

Pronunciation[edit]

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/

Numeral[edit]

一

  1. one

Synonyms[edit]

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

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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 also[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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.

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms

References[edit]

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

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

See also:
一

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. one
  2. "one" radical (いち)

Alternative forms[edit]

  • 壱 (financial or formal)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Compound words that contain 一

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Sinitic 一, from Old Chinese *?yit.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

一 (hiragana いち, romaji ichi)

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

Numeral[edit]

Japanese cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : 一

一 (hiragana いち, romaji ichi)

  1. (cardinal) one, 1
Idioms[edit]
  • 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 2[edit]

From Old Japanese.

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Number[edit]

一 (hiragana ひと, romaji hito)

  1. (cardinal) one

Etymology 3[edit]

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.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

一 (hiragana はじめ, romaji Hajime)

  1. A male given name

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

Numeral[edit]

一 (il) (hangeul 일)

  1. (cardinal) one

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

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References[edit]

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