字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE鐵148.1 (商)
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Time & Sequence
一
一 one
いち ichi
1 strokeRadical of 19 kanjiPart of 41
Your ink in 一0% painted · 0 of 19 familiar
Origin · sourced
Ideogram指事
Source: Wiktionary, 一 (rev. 93934800), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Everything begins with one. This radical is the first strike of the brush that defines the horizon, the first step of a long journey, and the very foundation of the mathematical world. When you see it, think of unity, the beginning of a sequence, and the simple truth of a single entity. It is the radical of the absolute and the starting point of all creation.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates the number one, the concept of a "first" or "top" position, unity, or the beginning of an action or time period.
育つ
What it grows into
Built from 一, with sourced origins
- 三threeサン · み
- 両bothリョウ · てる
一 + 㒳
According to Shuowen Jiezi an ideogrammic compound (會意): 一 + 㒳.
Ideogrammic compound · Wiktionary, 兩, CC BY-SA 4.0
一覧
Every kanji with 一 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 19 kanji