one

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a single horizontal stroke in oracle-bone and seal script, symbolizing the concept of unity and the number one. It is the most basic pictograph, representing a single unit.

Mnemonic: A single horizontal line—it is the very image of the number one and singularity.

• 一yī🔊

  one

  HSK 1

  1 strokes

• 七qī🔊

  seven

  HSK 1

  2 strokes

• 丁dīng🔊

  male adult

  HSK 7

  2 strokes

• 丂kǎo🔊

  "breath" or "sigh" component in Chinese characters

  2 strokes

• 丄shàng🔊

  old variant of 上[shang4]

  2 strokes

• 丅xià🔊

  old variant of 下[xia4]

  2 strokes

• 上shàng🔊

  (bound form) up; upper; above; previous

  HSK 1

  3 strokes

• 下xià🔊

  down

  HSK 1

  3 strokes

• 与yǔ🔊

  (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases)

  HSK 6

  3 strokes

• 三sān🔊

  three

  HSK 1

  3 strokes

• 万wàn🔊

  ten thousand

  HSK 2

  3 strokes

• 丈zhàng🔊

  measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)

  3 strokes

• 丌jī🔊

  "pedestal" component in Chinese characters

  3 strokes

• 亐yú🔊

  old variant of 于[yu2]

  3 strokes

• 不bù🔊

  no; not so

  HSK 1

  4 strokes

• 丑chǒu🔊

  shameful

  HSK 5

  4 strokes

• 专zhuān🔊

  for a particular person, occasion, purpose

  4 strokes

• 丏miǎn🔊

  hidden from view

  4 strokes

• 丐gài🔊

  variant of 丐[gai4]

  4 strokes

• 丒chǒu🔊

  variant of 醜|丑[chou3]

  4 strokes

• 丝sī🔊

  silk

  HSK 7

  5 strokes

• 且qiě🔊

  and

  HSK 7

  5 strokes

• 东dōng🔊

  east

  HSK 1

  5 strokes

• 世shì🔊

  life

  5 strokes

• 业yè🔊

  line of business

  HSK 7

  5 strokes

• 丘qiū🔊

  mound

  5 strokes

• 丕pī🔊

  grand

  5 strokes

• 丗shì🔊

  old variant of 世[shi4]

  5 strokes

• 丙bǐng🔊

  third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]

  HSK 7

  5 strokes

• 丛cóng🔊

  cluster

  5 strokes

• 丢diū🔊

  to lose

  HSK 5

  6 strokes

• 亚yà🔊

  second

  6 strokes

• 夹jiā🔊

  to press from either side

  HSK 5

  6 strokes

• 丞chéng🔊

  deputy

  6 strokes

• 丠qiū🔊

  old variant of 丘[qiu1]

  6 strokes

• 两liǎng🔊

  two

  HSK 1

  7 strokes

• 严yán🔊

  tight (closely sealed)

  HSK 4

  7 strokes

• 丣yǒu🔊

  old variant of 酉[you3]

  7 strokes

• 并bìng🔊

  and

  HSK 3

  8 strokes