一

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• Alternative forms: 1, 〡, ¹, ₁, ①, ⑴, ⒈, ⓵, ❶, ⼀, ㆒, ㈠, ㊀, 壱, 壹, 弌, 扠, 搋

Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Noun 3.4 Kanji 3.4.1 Readings 3.4.2 Compounds 3.4.3 Derived terms 3.4.4 Idioms 3.5 Number 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.2.1 Compounds 5.3 Cardinal number 6 Min Nan 6.1 Pronunciation 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character 8 Wu 8.1 Pronunciation

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Han character

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

1. one
2. alone
3. Radical 一

[edit] References

• 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 Numeral 一
  • Last: 〇
  • Last: 分
  • Next: 二

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Etymology

From Old Chinese *^?yit

[edit] Hanzi

一 (jyutping jat1, Yale yat1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

一 (hiragana いち, romaji ichi)

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

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

一 (hiragana ひと, romaji hito)

1. one

[edit] Kanji

一 (grade 1 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: いち (ichi), 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)

[edit] Compounds

[edit] Derived terms

• 一つ (ひとつ, hitotsu)

  noun: one, 1 (counting); the same

• 一に (いつに, itsuni)

  adv: soley, entirely, only, or

• 一は (いつは, itsuwa)

  exp: 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)

  noun: trouncing, beating somebody hands down

• くノ一 (くのいち, kunoichi)

  noun: female ninja

[edit] Idioms

• 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

[edit] Number

一 (いち, ichi)

一 (いつ, itsu)

一 (いっ, it)

一 (ひと, hito)

The pronunciation depends on the counter word following 一.

1. one, 1

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

一
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 일 (revised: il, McCune-Reischauer: il, Yale: il)

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

一 (pinyin yī (yi1), Wade-Giles i¹)

[edit] Compounds

[edit] Cardinal number

一 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yī)

1. one

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

• Wubi Xing: ggll

• Wubi Hua: 1

• Quwei: 5027

• • Last: 零
  • Next: 二

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Pronunciation

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

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

一 (nhất, nhắt, nhứt)

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[edit] Wu

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: iɔ, iɤʔ

Latin Alphabet: yeh

Zhuyin Fuhao:ㄧㄝ