一

See also: ‐, –, -, −, —, ー, 丨, ㄧ, ㆪ, ㅡ, and 亠

一 U+4E00, 一 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E00 ← ䷿ [U+4DFF] CJK Unified Ideographs 丁 → [U+4E01]

⼀ U+2F00, ⼀ KANGXI RADICAL ONE [unassigned: U+2EF4–U+2EFF] ← ⻳ [U+2EF3] Kangxi Radicals ⼁ → [U+2F01]

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

• ㆒ (U+3192) (Annotation mark for Japanese kanbun)
• 〡 (Suzhou numeral for one)
• ㈠, ㊀

Han character

Stroke order

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

1. Kangxi radical #1, ⼀.
2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №1

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese_radical/一
• 𬂜, 𤰓, 𫢅, 𬏚, 𤕬, 𫜢, 㝉, 弌, 𬏚, 閂(闩)

Related characters

• 壹 (Financial form of 一)
• 壱 (Japanese shinjitai of 壹)
• 弌 (Ancient form of 一)

Descendants

• ㄧ (Zhuyin letter)

References

• KangXi: 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

Further reading

• Templet:wikidatalite

---

Tok Saina

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 一
Shang		Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)		Liushutong (compiled in Ming)	Libian (compiled in Qing)	Kangxi Dictionary (compiled in Qing)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Ancient script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts	Clerical script	Ming typeface

Characters in the same phonetic series (一) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
一	*qliɡ
弌

Ideogram (指事): a horizontal stroke, indicating the number “one”.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		一
alternative forms		壹 financial 弌 𠤪 𭍶

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, Wu groups, etc.).

Definitions

一 [[Category:Templet:zh Han characterss|一]]

1. one

   一長一短 / 一长一短  ―  yī cháng yī duǎn  ―  one short and one long

   一死一傷 / 一死一伤  ―  yī sǐ yī shāng  ―  one dead, one injured

   一高一低  ―  yī gāo yī dī  ―  one high and one low

   一天一夜  ―  yī tiān yī yè  ―  one day and one night

   一日一夜 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ jat⁶ jat¹ je⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  one day and one night

   一左一右  ―  yī zuǒ yī yòu  ―  one left, one right

2. each; every

   給他們一人一顆蘋果。 [MSC, trad.]
   给他们一人一颗苹果。 [MSC, simp.]

   Gěi tā men yī rén yī kē píngguǒ. [Pinyin]

   Give them an apple each.

3. single; alone

   獨自一人 / 独自一人  ―  dúzì yī rén  ―  a solitary person, one person

   專一 / 专一  ―  zhuānyī  ―  single-minded, monogamous

4. 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.

   整整一年都花了24小時。 [MSC, trad.]
   整整一年都花了24小时。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhěngzhěng yī nián dōu huā le 24 xiǎoshí. [Pinyin]

   All days took 24 hours for a year.

5. same; identical

   大小不一  ―  dàxiǎo bù yī  ―  not having the same size

   大細不一 / 大细不一 [Cantonese]  ―  daai⁶ sai³ bat¹ jat¹ [Jyutping]  ―  not having the same size

6. (Classical Chinese) another; alternative

   蟋蟀，一名促織 / 蟋蟀，一名促织  ―  xīshuài, yī míng cùzhī  ―  Crickets, also called cùzhī [lit. another name [being] cùzhī].

7. With the verb modified reduplicated, expressing the transience of the verb:
   1. Indicating that the action has occurred only once

      看一看  ―  kàn yī kàn  ―  to have a look

      望一望 [Cantonese]  ―  mong⁶ jat¹ mong⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to have a look

   2. Indicating the intention to try

      算一算  ―  suàn yī suàn  ―  to try to calculate it

      計一計 / 计一计 [Cantonese]  ―  gai³ jat¹ gai³ [Jyutping]  ―  to try to calculate it

8. once; as soon as; upon

   一到OP就卡  ―  yī dào OP jiù kǎ  ―  it slows down once I get to the opening

   我一拍了照片，她就立即成為眾人矚目的焦點。 [MSC, trad.]
   我一拍了照片，她就立即成为众人瞩目的焦点。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ yī pāi le zhàopiàn, tā jiù lìjí chéngwèi zhòngrén zhǔmù de jiāodiǎn. [Pinyin]

   As soon as I took a picture, she ran towards the limelight.

9. ^† for the first time; at the beginning

   一見如故 / 一见如故  ―  yījiànrúgù  ―  to hit it off

10. ^† surprisingly; unexpectedly

    一至於此 / 一至于此  ―  yīzhìyúcǐ  ―  How did things ever get so far?

11. (LGBT, slang) a top

    一號 / 一号  ―  yīhào  ―  a top

    Templet:zh-alt-inline

Usage notes

• In Templet:nc, when spelling “one” as a phone number, on diceTemplet:, or in dominoes, one is often pronounced 幺. This is similar to the Templet:nc pronunciation of “0” as “o” in strings of digits, such as 90210.
• See pronunciation section for tone sandhi rules in Modern Standard Chinese. Also see Category:Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi and Category:Mandarin words containing 一 not undergoing tone sandhi.

Synonyms

• See 一/derived terms § Chinese.

See also

• 幺 (when spelling one as a phone number)

Chinese numbers
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	102	103	104	108	1012
Normal (小寫／小写)	〇, 零	一	二	三	四	五	六	七	八	九	十	百	千	萬／万 十千 (Malaysia, Singapore)	億／亿	兆 (Taiwan) 萬億／万亿 (Mainland China)
Financial (大寫／大写)	零	壹	貳／贰	參／叁	肆	伍	陸／陆	柒	捌	玖	拾	佰	仟

Compounds

• See 一/derived terms § Chinese.

Descendants

• See 一/derived terms § Chinese.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		一
alternative forms		蜀

Form used as the colloquial reading for “one” in most Min varieties: Fuzhou/Fuding suoʔ⁸, Fuqing θyo⁸, Gutian syøʔ⁸, Ningde søʔ⁸, Zhouning sɔʔ⁸, Putian ɬoʔ⁸, Xiamen/Quanzhou/Yongchun/Zhangzhou tsit̚⁸, Leizhou/Haikou ziak⁸, Longyan tse⁴, Youxi ɕie⁷, Jian'ou/Songxi tsi⁵, Jianyang tsi⁸. Whether all of the forms above are related and their origins remain unelucidated; they may be derived from 蜀 (cf. 獨 (“single, alone”); often written when read with the colloquial reading), 隻 (< *tjak ~ g-t(j)ik) or 禃. Some Fujian dialects use 個 and 寡 for “one”.

Definitions

一 [[Category:Templet:zh Han characterss|一]]

1. (Min) one
2. (Min) each; every
3. (Min) whole; entire; all

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		一

Contraction of 一個／一个 (yī gè) (Zhou, 1998).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yí (yi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Pinyin: yí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
    • Wade–Giles: i2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/

Definitions

一 [[Category:Templet:zh Han characterss|一]]

1. (Beijing) one

   • 那是一深夜 [Beijing Mandarin, trad. and simp.]

     From: 2000, 梁左 and 梁欢, 《闲人马大姐》, episode 7, 18:30

     nèi shì yí shēnyè [Pinyin]

     It was a late night.

   • 嗬，您夠牛的，還雇一跟班兒的哈！ [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
     嗬，您够牛的，还雇一跟班儿的哈！ [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 2004, 《家有儿女》, episode 39, 02:02

     Hē, nín gòu niú de, hái gù yí gēnbānr de hā! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Usage notes

• This is pronounced as yí regardless of the succeeding tone (Tao, 2002). It is grammatically different from other tone sandhis of 一; it is used directly with a nominal without a classifier.

References

• “一”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00001
• Templet:thcwd

[[Category:Templet:zh cardinal numbers|一]]

---

Tok Siapan

Kanji

一

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: いち (ichi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: いつ (itsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: ひと (hito, 一, Jōyō); ひとつ (hitotsu, 一つ, Jōyō)
• Nanori: い (i); いっ (i'); いる (iru); おさむ (osamu)^{←をさむ (wosamu, historical)}; か (ka); かず (kazu); かた (kata); かつ (katsu); かづ (kazu); くに (kuni); すすむ (susumu); ただ (tada); ち (chi); つかさ (tsukasa); てん (ten); のぶ (nobu); はじむ (hajimu); はじめ (hajime); ひ (hi); ひじ (hiji)^{←ひぢ (fidi, historical)}; ひで (hide); ひとし (hitoshi); ひとつ (hitotsu); まこと (makoto); まさし (masashi); もと (moto)

Compounds

See 一/derived terms § Japanese.

Etymology 1

Japanese cardinal numbers

<  0	1	2  >
Cardinal : 一

Kanji in this term
一
いち Grade: 1
goon

/itɨ/ → /it͡sɨ/ → /it͡ɕɨ/

From Middle Chinese 一.

The 呉音 (goon, literally “Wu sound”) reading, so likely the initial borrowing from .

Compare modern reading it.

Alternative forms

• (financial/formal form) 壱, 弌
• (ancient form) 𪩩

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) いち​ [ìchíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [it͡ɕi]

• Audio

  (file)

Numeral

一(いち) (ichi) 

1. [[Category:Tok Siapan cardinal numbers|一]] one, 1

Usage notes

• 一(いち) is always omitted before 十(じゅう) (jū, “ten”) and 百(ひゃく) (hyaku, “hundred”), but never before the "myriad scale digit names" including 万(まん) (man, “ten thousand”), 億(おく) (oku, “hundred million”), 兆(ちょう) (chō, “trillion”) and their combinations.
• When before 千(せん) (sen, “thousand”), 一(いち) is omitted when 千(せん) is not directly followed by 万(まん), i.e. not before 千(せん)万(まん) (senman, “ten million”), and the omission is optional.

  Templet:ja-x

  Templet:ja-x

  Templet:ja-x

  Templet:ja-x

Noun

一(いち) (ichi) 

1. one, 1
2. term relating to the number one:
   1. the first in order, foremost
   2. the beginning
   3. the best
   4. a kind of; one of something
   5. (card games) an ace
3. unity
4. the bottom string of a shamisen or other Japanese musical instrument

Idioms

• 一(いち)からやり直(なお)す (ichi kara yarinaosu)
• 一(いち)から十(じゅう)まで (ichi kara jū made)
• 一(いち)か八(ばち)か (ichika-bachika)
• 一(いち)も二(に)も無(な)く (ichi mo ni mo naku)

Suffix

一(いち) (-ichi) 

1. the best in …; the most in …

   地(ち)球(きゅう)の娯(ご)楽(らく)は宇(う)宙(ちゅう)一(いち)！

   Chikyū no goraku wa uchū-ichi!

   The entertainments on the earth are the best in the universe!

   [[Category:Tok Siapan terms with usage examples|一]]

   世(せ)界(かい)一(いち)かわいいよ。

   Sekai-ichi kawaii yo.

   It's the cutest in the world.

   [[Category:Tok Siapan terms with usage examples|一]]

Affix

一(いち) (ichi) 

1. one, 1
2. first, foremost
3. once
4. best, number one
5. bunch, bundle
6. entirely, wholly
7. certain one
8. merely, only

Proper noun

一(いち) (Ichi) 

1. a surname[[Category:Tok Siapan surnames|いち]]

Derived terms

See 一/derived terms § Japanese pronunciation 1.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
一
いつ Grade: 1
kan’on

/itʉ/ → /it͡sʉ/ → /it͡su/

From Middle Chinese 一.

The 漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han sound”) reading, so likely a later borrowing from .

Alternative forms

• (financial form) 壱, 弌

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) い​つ [íꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) いつ​ [ìtsúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [it͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

一(いつ) (itsu) 

1. one
2. the same

Affix

一(いつ) (itsu) 

1. one, 1
2. first, foremost
3. group
4. entirely, wholly
5. other
6. merely, only

Proper noun

一(いつ) (Itsu) 

1. a female given name

Derived terms

See 一/derived terms § Japanese pronunciation 2.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
一
ひと Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Templet:IPAfont → */pʲitə/ → /ɸito/ → /hito/

From Old Japanese.

Possibly an apophonic form of 二 (futa, “two”). Templet:rfv-etym

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) ひと​ [hìtóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [çito̞]

Numeral

一(ひと) (hito) 

1. [[Category:Tok Siapan cardinal numbers|一]] one, 1

Prefix

一(ひと) (hito-) 

1. one, single
2. all
3. a bit
4. a certain time

Derived terms

See 一/derived terms § Japanese pronunciation 3.

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
一
ひ Grade: 1
Irregular

Shortening of hito above.

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) ひ​ [híꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [çi]

Numeral

一(ひ) (hi) 

1. one, 1

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
一
ひい Grade: 1
Irregular

Long-pronounced form of hi above.

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) ひ​い [híꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [çiː]

Numeral

一(ひい) (hī) 

1. one, 1

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
一
いい Grade: 1
Irregular

Borrowing from Mandarin 一 (yī) in the Qing Dynasty.

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) イ​ー [íꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [iː]

Numeral

一(イー) (ī) 

1. one, 1

Derived terms

See 一/derived terms § Japanese pronunciation 4.

Etymology 7

Kanji in this term
一
はじめ Grade: 1
nanori

From 始め (hajime, “beginning, first”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 始める (hajimeru, “to begin something”).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) はじめ [hàjímé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ʑime̞]

Proper noun

一(はじめ) (Hajime) 

1. a unisex given name
2. a surname[[Category:Tok Siapan surnames|はじめ]]

Coordinate terms

1. REDIRECT Templet:Japanese numbers

---

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 一. Templet:hanja-ety

Hanja

Wikisource

一 (eumhun 한 일 (han il))

1. Hanja form^? of 일 (“one”).

Compounds

See 一/derived terms § Korean.

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

---

Vietnamese

Han character

一: Hán Việt readings: nhất, nhứt
一: Nôm readings: nhất, nhắt, nhứt

1. Hán tự form of nhất (“one”).
2. Templet:Nom form of
3. Templet:Nom form of

Compounds

See 一/derived terms § Vietnamese.