Chinese Character Wiki
一

yī

one

A single horizontal stroke, representing the number one.

Evolution

一 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
一 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
一 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
一 Clerical script Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
一 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

一  

yī

one; a, an; alone; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Most common words with 一
Freq.
Word
Meaning

一

one

一起

together

一些

some

一定

surely

一直

always

Component uses

Meaning component in 9 characters (2 verified)

百 千 兽 晉 閂 闩 戛 卌 丄

Iconic component in 9 characters (8 verified)

之 方 或 万 旦 曰 丏 巿 彑

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

丛

Unknown component in 6 characters (1 verified)

晝 苎 鼉 鼍 觳 溦

Distinguishing component in 1 character (1 verified)

夫

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ʔi[t]

'jit

yī

one


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 99.9519% of movies

9th most common character in movies

2nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

1

Unicode

U+4E00

Shuowen

“一，惟初太始，道立於一，造分天地，化成萬物。弌，古文一。”


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