一
one, one radical (no.1)
Readings
On'yomi
- イチ
- イツ
Kun'yomi
- ひと-
- ひと.つ
Nanori
- かず
- い
- いっ
- いる
- かつ
- かづ
- てん
- はじめ
- ひ
- ひとつ
- まこと
Meaning
一 represents the number one, the simplest unit. The radical sense is the same single horizontal stroke used as a component in other characters.
Most common words using 一
24 of 2,246- 一いちN5
one; 1
- 一ひと
one
- 一緒いっしょN5
(doing) together
- 一番いちばんN5
number one; first; first place
- 一つひとつN5
one
- 一般いっぱんN3
general; universal
- 一部いちぶN2
one part; one portion; one section
- 一方いっぽうN3
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party
- 一杯いっぱいN5
one cup (of); one glass (of); one bowl (of); cupful; glassful; bowlful; spoonful
- 唯一ゆいいつN3
only; sole; unique
- 一体いったいN3
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; (who) on earth; (where) the hell; (how) the hell
- 一覧いちらん
look; glance; sight; having a look at; looking over; glancing through; running one's eyes over
- 一切いっさいN2
all; everything; entirety; the whole
- 一人ひとりN5
one person
- 一生いっしょうN3
whole life; a lifetime; all through life
- 一時いちじN4
one o'clock
- 一瞬いっしゅんN3
instant; moment; for an instant
- 一応いちおうN3
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes; technically
- 統一とういつN2
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
- 一定いっていN3
to fix; to settle; to standardize; to regularize
- 一気にいっきにN2
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; without stopping; without pausing; without a rest; in one sitting; at a stretch
- 一言ひとことN3
single word; a few words; brief comment
- もう一度もういちどN5
once more; again
- 一致いっちN3
agreement; accord; correspondence; consistency; coincidence; match
Study
Etymology
一 is a simple ideograph representing the number one with a single horizontal stroke.
Meaning mnemonic
A single horizontal line is the simplest way to write the number one.
Reading mnemonic
For イチ, imagine an itchy single mosquito bite: itchy -> イチ, and one bite is all it takes.