一 — Chinese character

一

yī

one; a, an; alone

Pinyin: yī
Radical: 1 ⼀ (One)
Strokes: 1
Formation: ideographic — Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1
Japanese: 一 as a kanji

Common words with 一

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一个 (一個)	yī ge	a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
一些	yī xiē	some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
一样 (一樣)	yī yàng	same; like
一定	yī dìng	surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
一起	yī qǐ	(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
一直	yī zhí	straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
一种 (一種)	yī zhǒng	one kind of; one type of
一切	yī qiè	everything; every
一次	yī cì	first; first time
一般	yī bān	same; ordinary
一点 (一點)	yī diǎn	a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit
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

English words written with 一

一 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 15 · Analects 32 · Art of War 21 · I Ching 5 · Mencius 124 · Zhuangzi 233 · Great Learning 9 · Doctrine of the Mean 11

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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