Radical 1
| 一 | |
|---|---|
Radical 1
(U+2F00)
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| 一 (U+4E00) "one" | |
| Pronunciations | |
| Pinyin: | yī |
| Bopomofo: | 一 |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | i |
| Wade–Giles: | i1 |
| Cantonese Yale: | yāt |
| Jyutping: | jat1 |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | it |
| Japanese Kana: | イチ ichi (on'yomi) ひと(つ) hito(tsu) (kun'yomi) |
| Sino-Korean: | 일 il |
| Hán-Việt: | 一 nhất |
| Names | |
| Chinese name(s): | 橫/横 héng |
| Japanese name(s): | 一 ichi |
| Hangul: | 한 han |
| Stroke order animation | |
| File:一-order.gif | |
Radical 1 or radical one (一部) meaning "one" is one of the 6 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 1 stroke. It is the simplest Chinese character in the language due to consisting of only one line.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 60 characters (out of 47,043) to be found under this radical.[1]
一 is also the 1st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
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Large seal script character
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Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters[a] |
|---|---|
| +0 | 一 |
| +1 | 丁 丂 七 丄 丅 丆 |
| +2 | 万 (also SC/JP form of 萬 -> 艸) 丈 三 上 下 丌 与SC/与JP (also SC/JP form of 與 -> 臼) |
| +3 | 不 丏 丐 丑SC/JP/丑TC (also SC form of 醜 -> 酉) 丒 (=丑) 专SC (=專 -> 寸) |
| +4 | 且 丕 世 丘 丙 业SC (=業 -> 木) 丛SC (=叢 => 又) 东SC (=東 -> 木) 丝SC (=絲 -> 糸) |
| +5 | 丞 丟 丠 両JP (=兩 -> 入) |
| +6 | 丣 两SC (=兩 -> 入) 严SC (=嚴 -> 口) |
| +7 | 並 丧SC (=喪 -> 口) |
In calligraphy
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The only stroke in radical one, known as 橫/横 héng "horizontal", is called 策 cè in the eight principles of the character 永 (永字八法 Yǒngzì Bāfǎ) which are the basis of Chinese calligraphy.
Sinogram
[edit | edit source]As an isolated character it is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[2] It is a first grade kanji.[2]
References
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Literature
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Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Not all possible characters are listed in this table. See Wiktionary.
See also
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