one; 1; single

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 2nd character
Radical ⼀ (1.0)
Strokes 1
Index # 1

Definitions

一 yī
  1. 1. one
  2. 2. 1
  3. 3. single
  4. 4. a (article)
  5. 5. all
  6. 6. whole
  7. 7. entire
  8. 8. throughout
  9. 9. as soon as
  10. 10. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
  11. 11. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)

Stroke order

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Words containing 一

Word Meaning
front cover
faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)
to issue a call for action
to be united in action
water and sky merge in one color (idiom)
to blend together well; to blend into one another
to raise one and infer three
(idiom) one's actions are in keeping with what one says
one-to-one correspondence
one-to-one correspondence
one-to-one correspondence
illiterate; ignorant
illiterate; ignorant
a tiny bit; a wee bit
erhua variant of yī xià
erhua variant of yī xià
Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
all just as bad; same kind of bad people
to treat along with all the others; to lump together
one China and one Taiwan (policy)
One-China principle on Taiwan and China
One-China principle; Taiwan as part of China
once is more than enough (idiom)
once is more than enough (idiom)