Chinese Character One 一

Chinese characters can be decomposed into components called radicals or bushou. The most commonly accepted table of radicals for traditional Chinese characters consists of 214 entries. These 214 radicals were popularized back in the reign of Qing emperor Kangxi, who commissioned what is now known as the Kangxi Zidian, a character dictionary listing over 47,000 entries. Tables with fewer or greater number of radicals have been devised for simplified characters. Being able to recognize the common radicals helps in the learning and recognition of new characters. Some but not all radical are complete characters in their own right. Some radicals have more than one form. Finally, simplified characters have resulted in additional variants.

Tips: We use a horizontal stroke һ to indicate the meaning of one. It is the simplest Chinese character.

Stroke order: 一

Radical: 一 (横, heng, horizontal stroke)
Some frequently used characters containing the һ radical are ϣ£two, three, up, down, five, not, ten thousand, etc.


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