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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

壱: one (in documents)

JLPT N17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

士 carries meaning and sound · 吉 gives the sound

7 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

イチichi · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 壱いちone; 1

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 壱越いちこつfundamental tone in the traditional…
  • 壱岐いきIki (former province located on Iki Island…

Also read イツ, ひとつ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)壺 (meaning) + 吉 (sound)

(Shuowen)

Source: Wiktionary, 壹 (rev. 93434624), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Samurai (士) + lid + heart variant. The elaborate, "formal" way of writing the number "one," used in legal documents and currency to prevent forgery.”
From the 士 man story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
士

Also built on man (士)

All 8
吉

Also built on good luck (吉)

The 吉 family reads キチ (kichi); 壱 is read イチ、イツ.

Also read イチ

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Also read イツ

3 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
壱 one (in documents) · 吉
vs売 sell · 買
壱 has 吉 where 売 has 買.
In ChineseA Japanese form · Chinese writes 壹 · yī

壱 is a Japanese simplification. Chinese writes 壹 in both simplified and traditional script.

Simplified
壹 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
壹 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yī most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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