一

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese_radical/一
 * 𬂜, 𤰓, 𫢅, 𬏚, 𤕬, 𫜢, 㝉, 弌, 𬏚, 閂(闩)

Glyph origin

 * a horizontal stroke, indicating the number.

Etymology 1
From. Descendants from the etymon account for the majority of the dialectal forms for “one” in Chinese (Mandarin, Jin, Gan, Hakka, Hui, Xiang, Yue, Wu groups, etc.).

Definitions

 * 1) one
 * 2) each; every
 * 3) single; alone
 * 4) whole; entire; all: throughout
 * 5) same; identical
 * 6)  another; alternative
 * 7)  certain aforementioned
 * 8) once; as soon as; upon
 * 9)  for the first time; at the beginning
 * 10)  surprisingly; unexpectedly
 * 11)  top
 * 12)  to die
 * 13)  extremely; very; highly
 * 1) same; identical
 * 2)  another; alternative
 * 3)  certain aforementioned
 * 4) once; as soon as; upon
 * 5)  for the first time; at the beginning
 * 6)  surprisingly; unexpectedly
 * 7)  top
 * 8)  to die
 * 9)  extremely; very; highly
 * 1) once; as soon as; upon
 * 2)  for the first time; at the beginning
 * 3)  surprisingly; unexpectedly
 * 4)  top
 * 5)  to die
 * 6)  extremely; very; highly
 * 1) once; as soon as; upon
 * 2)  for the first time; at the beginning
 * 3)  surprisingly; unexpectedly
 * 4)  top
 * 5)  to die
 * 6)  extremely; very; highly
 * 1)  surprisingly; unexpectedly
 * 2)  top
 * 3)  to die
 * 4)  extremely; very; highly
 * 1)  to die
 * 2)  extremely; very; highly
 * 1)  extremely; very; highly

Usage notes

 * In, when spelling “one” as a phone number, on dice, or in dominoes, one is often pronounced.
 * See pronunciation section for tone sandhi rules in Modern Standard Chinese. Also see Category:Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi and Category:Mandarin words containing 一 not undergoing tone sandhi.

Descendants
Others:

Etymology 3
Form used as the colloquial reading for “one” in most Min varieties: /Fuding suoʔ8, Fuqing θyo8, Gutian syøʔ8, Ningde søʔ8, Zhouning sɔʔ8, ɬoʔ8, /Quanzhou/Yongchun/Zhangzhou tsit̚8, Leizhou/ ziak8, Longyan tse4, Youxi ɕie7, Jian'ou/Songxi tsi5, Jianyang tsi8. Whether all of the forms above are related and their origins remain unelucidated; they may be derived from (cf. ; often written when read with the colloquial reading),  (< ) or. Some Fujian dialects use and  for “one”.

Definitions

 * 1)  one
 * 2)  each; every
 * 3)  whole; entire; all

Etymology 4
Contraction of.

Definitions

 * 1)  one

Usage notes

 * This is pronounced as yí regardless of the succeeding tone . It is grammatically different from other tone sandhis of 一; it is used directly with a nominal without a classifier.

Etymology 1
→ →

From.

Compare modern 🇨🇬 reading.

Numeral

 * 1)  one, 1

Noun

 * 1) one, 1
 * 2) term relating to the number one:
 * 3) the first in order, foremost
 * 4) the beginning
 * 5) the best
 * 6) a kind of; one of something
 * 7)  an ace
 * 8) unity
 * 9) the bottom string of a shamisen or other Japanese musical instrument

Suffix

 * 1) the best in …; the most in …

Affix

 * 1) one, 1
 * 2) first, foremost
 * 3) once
 * 4) best, number one
 * 5) bunch, bundle
 * 6) entirely, wholly
 * 7) certain one
 * 8) merely, only

Etymology 2
→ →

From.

Noun

 * 1) one
 * 2) the same

Affix

 * 1) one, 1
 * 2) first, foremost
 * 3) group
 * 4) entirely, wholly
 * 5) other
 * 6) merely, only

Etymology 3


From, from earlier. Cognate with 🇨🇬

Related to, which is its double. Compare and,  and.

Numeral

 * 1) one, 1

Prefix

 * 1) one, single
 * 2) all
 * 3) a bit
 * 4) a certain time

Etymology 4
Shortening of hito above.

Numeral

 * 1) one, 1

Etymology 5
Long-pronounced form of hi above.

Numeral

 * 1) one, 1

Etymology 6
Borrowing from in the Qing Dynasty.

Numeral

 * 1) one, 1

Etymology 7
From, the of verb.

Etymology
From.

Etymology 1
From, from earlier. Cognate with 🇨🇬. Related to, which is its double.

Pronunciation

 * てぃ (Heiban - [0])

Numeral

 * 1) one, 1

Etymology 2
Likely borrowed from.

Pronunciation

 * い (Heiban - [0])

Numeral

 * 1) one, 1

Noun

 * 1) one
 * 2) first, number one
 * 3) great, big

Prefix

 * 1) one
 * 2) full