Radical 1
Kangxi radical
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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 | |
|---|---|
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 | |
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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
Large seal script character
Small seal script character
Derived characters
| 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
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
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]
