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Mythic Mandarin

一点 (yī diǎn): meaning and stroke order

一点 (yī diǎn) means a bit; a little bit, (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit.

一点

Simplified
一点
Traditional
一點
Pinyin
yī diǎn

Stroke order of 一点

一

  • yī one; single
  • 1 stroke

Stroke by stroke

点

  • diǎn to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 點

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 一点

  1. yī diǎn Traditional 一點
    • a bit; a little bit
    • (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit
    • (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er
    • a point (in a discussion etc)
    • (calligraphy) dot stroke (、)
    • one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dian3 zhong1])

Radicals of the characters

一
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 1 stroke
点
Radical 火 (Kangxi radical 86) · 9 strokes · 占 on top, 灬 below

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.

一点 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

  • 第二天，张别古抱着瓦盆去了县衙。可是大堂上，他叫了半天，盆里一点声音也没有，衙役们哄堂大笑。

    dì-èr tiān Zhāng Biégǔ bào zhe wǎpén qù le xiànyá kěshì dàtáng shàng tā jiào le bàntiān pén lǐ yìdiǎn shēngyīn yě méiyǒu yáyì men hōngtáng dàxiào

    The next day Zhang Biegu carried the basin to the county court. But in the courtroom, however much he called, not a sound came from the basin, and the constables roared with laughter.

    From the story The tale of the black basin HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 一点

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).