Chinese symbol for “one”
一
yī
one; single; a (article); as soon as
The closest CC-CEDICT match for one is 一 (yī), defined as: one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “one”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一个 (一個) | yī ge | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 壹 | yī | one (banker's anti-fraud numeral) |
| 之一 | zhī yī | one of (sth); one out of a multitude |
| 幺 (么) | yāo | youngest; most junior |
| 半个人 (半個人) | bàn ge rén | (not) a single person; (no) one |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “one”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.