Radical 1

Radical 1 or radical one (一部) meaning "one" is one of the 6 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 1 stroke. It is the simplest Chinese character in the language due to consisting of only one line.

一
Radical 1 (U+2F00)
一 (U+4E00) "one"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:yī
Bopomofo:一
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:i
Wade–Giles:i1
Cantonese Yale:yāt
Jyutping:jat1
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:it
Japanese Kana:イチ ichi (on'yomi)
ひと(つ) hito(tsu) (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:일 il
Hán-Việt:一 nhất
Names
Chinese name(s):橫/横 héng
Japanese name(s):一 ichi
Hangul:한 han
Stroke order animation

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 60 characters (out of 47,043) to be found under this radical.[1]

一 is also the 1st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

Derived characters

StrokesCharacters[lower-alpha 1]
+0一
+1丁 丂 七 丄 丅 丆
+2万 (also SC/JP form of 萬 -> 艸) 丈 三 上 下 丌 与SC/与JP (also SC/JP form of 與 -> 臼)
+3不 丏 丐 丑SC/JP/丑TC (also SC form of 醜 -> 酉) 丒 (=丑) 专SC (=專 -> 寸)
+4且 丕 世 丘 丙 业SC (=業 -> 木) 丛SC (=叢 => 又) 东SC (=東 -> Radical 75) 丝SC (=絲 -> 糸)
+5丞 丟 丠 両JP (=兩 -> 入)
+6丣 两SC (=兩 -> 入) 严SC (=嚴 -> 口)
+7並 丧SC (=喪 -> 口)

In calligraphy

The only stroke in radical one, known as 橫/横 héng "horizontal", is called 策 cè in the eight principles of the character 永 (永字八法 Yǒngzì Bāfǎ) which are the basis of Chinese calligraphy.

Sinogram

As an isolated character it is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[2] It is a first grade kanji.[2]

References

Literature

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
  • Li, Leyi (1993). Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases. Beijing. ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Notes

  1. Not all possible characters are listed in this table.

See also

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