一 (yī) is a Chinese character meaning “one”. It takes 1 strokes.
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Structure
一
Single unit
- 一 one · yī unknown
Structure from: Unicode U+4E00 and hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 modern glyph inspection
Memory aid
One unbroken horizontal stroke: one (一).
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
1 strokes
In real words
- 一月yī yuèJanuaryAI-generated voice一 = yī
- 第一dì yīfirst; number oneAI-generated voice一 = yī
- 万一wàn yījust in case; if by any chance一 = yī
- 之一zhī yīone of一 = yī
- 又一次yòu yī cìonce again一 = yīspoken asyòu yí cì
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All readings
one
one; a single; the same; the whole
数目一；也可表示单一、相同或整个。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 一月yī yuèJanuaryAI-generated voice一 = yī
- 第一dì yīfirst; number oneAI-generated voice一 = yī
- 万一wàn yījust in case; if by any chance一 = yī
- 之一zhī yīone of一 = yī
- 又一次yòu yī cìonce again一 = yīspoken asyòu yí cì
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 一 mean?
一 (yī) means one; a single; the same; the whole.
How do you pronounce 一?
It is pronounced yī.
How many strokes does 一 have?
1. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 一?
一. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 一?
Common ones are 一月 and 第一. The reading of 一 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.