Radical 1
| 一 | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 一 (U+4E00) "one" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | yī | |
| Bopomofo: | 一 | |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | i | |
| Wade–Giles: | i1 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | yāt | |
| Jyutping: | jat1 | |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | it | |
| Japanese Kana: | イチ ichi (on'yomi) ひと(つ) hito(tsu) (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 일 il | |
| Hán-Việt: | 一 nhất | |
| Names | ||
| Chinese name(s): | 橫/横 héng | |
| Japanese name(s): | 一 ichi | |
| Hangul: | 한 han | |
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Radical 1 or radical one (一部) meaning "one" is one of the 6 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 1 stroke.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 42 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.[1]
一 is also the 1st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution[]
Large seal script character
Small seal script character
Derived characters[]
Some Chinese characters with Radical 1
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 一 |
| +1 | 丁 丂 七 丄 丅 丆 |
| +2 | 万 (also SC/JP form of 萬 -> 艸) 丈 三 上 下 丌 与SC/与JP (also SC/JP form of 與 -> 臼) |
| +3 | 不 丏 丐 丑SC/JP/丑TC (also SC form of 醜 -> 酉) 丒 (=丑) 专SC (=專 -> 寸) |
| +4 | 且 丕 世 丘 丙 业SC (=業 -> 木) 丛SC (=叢 => 又) 东SC (=東 -> Radical 75) 丝SC (=絲 -> 糸) |
| +5 | 丞 丟 丠 両JP (=兩 -> 入) |
| +6 | 丣 两SC (=兩 -> 入) 严SC (=嚴 -> 口) |
| +7 | 並 丧SC (=喪 -> 口) |
In calligraphy[]
The horizontal line as in 永
The only stroke in radical one, known as 橫/横 héng "horizontal", is called 策 cè in the eight principles of the character 永 (永字八法 Yǒngzì Bāfǎ) which are the basis of Chinese calligraphy.
References[]
- ^ "Unihan data for U+4E00". Unicode Consortium. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
Literature[]
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York, 1987: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.CS1 maint: location (link)
- Li, Leyi (1993). Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases. Beijing. ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2.
See also[]
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- Chinese numerals