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一
JLPT N5 SL1 1 strokes Frequency: #2

Meanings

one

Radicals

一

Decomposition

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Etymology

Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 1

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
イチ ichi

Used in compound words

イツ itsu
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ひと hito

Standalone, with つ or り suffix

ついたち tsuitachi

Special reading for 一日

Words Using This Kanji

2074 words total
Other (20 words)
一味徒党 いちみととう

whole party to a plot

感慨一入 かんがいひとしお

one's heart is filled with even deeper emotion

頑固一徹 がんこいってつ

stubborn

一虚一実 いっきょいちじつ

constantly changing phase and being highly unpredictable

一罰百戒 いちばつひゃっかい

punishing a crime to make an example for others

一別以来 いちべついらい

since our last meeting

精神統一 せいしんとういつ

concentration of mind

精神一到 せいしんいっとう

concentration of mind

春宵一刻 しゅんしょういっこく

a moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold)

知行合一 ちこうごういつ

awareness comes only through practice

人心一新 じんしんいっしん

complete change in public sentiment

台風一過 たいふういっか

clear weather after a typhoon has passed

大喝一声 だいかついっせい

shouting in a thunderous voice

万緑一紅 ばんりょくいっこう

one red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation

当代随一 とうだいずいいち

the greatest of the day

万死一生 ばんしいっしょう

advancing in the face of death

面目一新 めんもくいっしん

undergoing a complete change in appearance

いの一番 いのいちばん

first of all

一発抜く いっぱつぬく

to ejaculate (gen. with ref. to masturbation)

関税貿易一般協定 かんぜいぼうえきいっぱんきょうてい

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (abolished in 1995)