Definify.com

Definition 2024


See also: , , and

Translingual

Han character

(radical 33 +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土月一廿 (GBMT), four-corner 40108, composition)

  1. number one

References

  • KangXi: page 243, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5661
  • Dae Jaweon: page 483, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 467, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+58F9

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qiːɡs
*qiːɡs
*qiːɡs, *qʰʷriɡs
*qriɡs
*qriɡs
*qriɡs
*qriɡs
*qriɡs, *qriɡ
*qiːɡ
*qlid

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (48)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔit̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔjet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔit̚/
Li
Rong
/ʔiĕt̚/
Wang
Li
/ĭĕt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yi
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔjit ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʔi[t]/
English one

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14852
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qlid/
Notes

Definitions

  1. one

Usage notes

  • This character is rare and only used in an elevated style. Otherwise, is used instead.

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. one

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(il) (hangeul , revised il, McCune-Reischauer il)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

(nhất, nhứt)

  1. one