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壱

壱 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

「壹」の異体字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

one (in documents)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • イチJHS
  • イツ
Kun (native)
  • ひとつ
Nanori (used in names)
  • い
  • かず
Other languages
  • 拼音yi1
  • 한글il
  • Hán-ViệtNhất

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
士(さむらい)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+58F1

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𡉅匕

Words using this kanji

  • 壱越いちこつfundamental tone in the traditional Japanese 12-tone scale (approx. D)
  • 壱岐いき。長崎県に属する。 壱岐島におかれた令制国。壱岐国。 長崎県。Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture), Iki (island)
  • 壱越調いちこつちょうichikotsu mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(3 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-4
Four Corner
4071.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3p4.2
Heisig
496
Nelson
1059