一 (yī): meaning and stroke order
一 (yī) means one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout.
一
- Simplified
- 一
- Traditional
- 一 (same form)
- Pinyin
- yī
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Stroke order of 一
一
- yī one; single
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Meaning of 一
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yī
- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
Radical and structure
- 一
- Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 1 stroke
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 一
- 一心 yī xīn wholeheartedly; heart and soul
- 一生 yī shēng all one's life; throughout one's life
- 一家 yī jiā the whole family; the same family
- 一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
- 之一 zhī yī one of (sth); one out of a multitude
- 一时 yī shí a period of time; a while
- 一眼 yī yǎn a glance; a quick look
- 一点 yī diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit
- 一定 yī dìng surely; certainly
- 一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way
- 一度 yī dù for a time; at one time
- 一起 yī qǐ (in) the same place; together; in company (with)
一 in our stories
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马丽说：“苹果多少钱一斤？”
Mǎ Lì shuō píngguǒ duōshao qián yì jīn
Ma Li says, "How much are the apples a jin?"
From the story Buying apples HSK 1
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一个女孩说：“你会写汉字吗？”
yí gè nǚhái shuō nǐ huì xiě Hànzì ma
A girl says, "Can you write Chinese characters?"
From the story The first day at school HSK 1
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一个女人跑来：“这是我的包！”
yí gè nǚrén pǎo lái zhè shì wǒ de bāo
A woman runs up: "This is my bag!"
From the story Not my bag HSK 1
Stories using 一
- Buying apples HSK 1
- The first day at school HSK 1
- Not my bag HSK 1
- The story of Nian HSK 1
- Happy birthday HSK 1
- Next Friday HSK 2
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).