Summary
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.
| 一 | ||
|---|---|---|
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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 | ||
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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 edit
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Large seal script character -
Small seal script character
Derived characters edit
| 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 -> Radical 75) 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 edit
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
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 edit
- "Dictionary -> Characters containing component "一"". Chinese Text Project. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
Literature edit
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Li, Leyi (1993). Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases. Beijing. ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2.
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Notes edit
- ^ Not all possible characters are listed in this table.
See also edit
