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