Radical 1 Explained

Uni:4E00
Meaning:one
Pny:
Bopo:
Gr:i
Wade:i1
Jyutping:jat1
Yale:yāt
Poj:it
Cn:橫/横 héng
Onyomi:イチ ichi
Kunyomi:ひと(つ) hito(tsu)
Hang:한 han
Hanja:일 il
Jp:一 ichi
Hanviet:一 nhất

Radical 1 or radical one meaning "one" is one of the 6 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 1 stroke. It is the simplest Chinese character in the language due to consisting of only one line.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 60 characters (out of 47,043) to be found under this radical.[1]

is also the 1st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0
+1
+2 (also SC/JP form of -> ) SC/JP (also SC/JP form of -> )
+3 SC/JP/TC (also SC form of -> ) (=丑) SC (= -> )
+4 SC (= -> ) SC (= => ) SC (= -> Radical 75) SC (= -> )
+5 JP (= -> )
+6 SC (=兩 -> ) SC (= -> )
+7 SC (= -> )

In calligraphy

The only stroke in radical one, known as héng "horizontal", is called in the eight principles of the character 永 (Yǒngzì Bāfǎ) which are the basis of Chinese calligraphy.

Sinogram

As an isolated character it is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[2] It is a first grade kanji.

References

Literature

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ️一 部:一丁丂七丄丅万丈三上下丌不与丏丐丑且丕世丘㐀丙㐁丞丟丠丣 . 2023-03-28 . kangxizidian.com.
  2. Web site: The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220324010221/https://www.kanshudo.com/collections/kyoiku_kanji . March 24, 2022 . 2023-05-06 . www.kanshudo.com.