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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Stroke order
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Alternative forms [edit]

Etymology [edit]

一 is the simplified form of , potentially representing an outstretched finger.

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

Han character [edit]

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

  1. one
  2. alone
  3. Radical

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Cantonese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Chinese *?yit.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /jɐt˥/

Hanzi [edit]

(jyutping jat1, Yale yat1)

Numeral [edit]

(jyutping jat1, yale yat1)

  1. (cardinal) one

Hakka [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(POJ yit, Guangdong jit7; jt7 [Meixian], zit7 [Hailu], Hagfa Pinyim yid5)

References [edit]


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. one
  2. "one" radical (いち)

Alternative forms [edit]

  • (financial or formal)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

Derived terms [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Sinitic , from Old Chinese *?yit.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana いち, romaji ichi)

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

Numeral [edit]

Japanese cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : 一

(hiragana いち, romaji ichi)

  1. (cardinal) one, 1
Idioms [edit]
  • からやり直す
    いちからやりなおす
    ichi kara yarinaosu
    start over from scratch
  • からまで
    いちからじゅうまで
    ichi karamade
    (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]

(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 for the reading hajime is an example of jukujikun.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ha̠d͡ʑime̞]

Proper noun [edit]

(hiragana はじめ, romaji Hajime)

  1. A male given name

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: il, McCune-Reischauer: il, Yale: il)
  • Name (hangeul): 하나 (revised: hana, McCune-Reischauer: hana, Yale: hana)

Numeral [edit]

  1. (cardinal) one

Mandarin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Chinese *?yit.

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin (yi1), Wade-Giles i1)

Compounds [edit]

Numeral [edit]

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin )

  1. (cardinal) one

Note Often pronounced yāo when giving a sequence of digits such as a telephone number.


Min Nan [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

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

Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(nhất, nhắt, nhứt)

References [edit]


Wu [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /iɔ/, /iɪʔ/

Latin Alphabet: ih

Shanghai Accent:iɪʔ

Suzhou Accent:iɤʔ

Ningbo Accent:iɪʔ

Wenzhou Accent:

Zhuyin Fuhao:ㄧㄝ