Chinese Character Wiki

壹

yī

number one

Evolution

壹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
壹 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
壹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

壹  

yī

number one; one (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

懿 噎 殪

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ʔi[t]

'jit

yī

one


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4652nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+58F9

Shuowen

“壹，專壹也。从壷，吉聲。”


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