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JLPT N5 SL1 1 strokes Frequency: #2

Meanings

one

Radicals

Decomposition

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)
天一太郎 てんいちたろう

day of Ten'ichijin's first ascension to heaven in a year (the 30th day of the first sexagenary cycle of the year)

一目ゴム編み ひとめゴムあみ

single-rib stitches

天一 てんいち

Ten'ichijin

一個売り いっこうり

selling individually

愚者も千慮に一得 ぐしゃもせんりょにいっとく

even fools can give good counsel

一白 いっぱく

first of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mercury and north)

一分判金 いちぶばんきん

ichibubankin

一分判 いちぶばん

ichibuban

一中節 いっちゅうぶし

type of jōruri (dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen)

一本指 いっぽんゆび

finger

一発芸 いっぱつげい

one-liner

一貫教育 いっかんきょういく

integrated education

千番に一番の兼ね合い せんばんにいちばんのかねあい

something so difficult that one doesn't know if there's even a 1 in 1000 chance of success

部分一致 ぶぶんいっち

partial match

前方一致 ぜんぽういっち

left-hand match

一生モノ いっしょうもの

something that will last a lifetime (esp. high-quality products)

一増一減 いちぞういちげん

16,800,000-year period over which a human lifespan increases from ten years to 84,000 years (by one year per century) and then decreases back to ten (by one year per century)

一増一減 いちぞういちげん

16,800,000-year period over which a human lifespan increases from ten years to 84,000 years (by one year per century) and then decreases back to ten (by one year per century)

一党独裁制 いっとうどくさいせい

system of one-party rule

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)