一

音読おんよみ: イチ・イツ

訓読くんよみ: ひと・ひと

画数かくすう: 1 stroke

部首ぶしゅ: 一(いち)

Meaning

One;
single; first.

  • 一人ひとり — one person
  • 一番いちばん — number one / the best
  • 一部いちぶ — one part / a portion
  • 一致いっち — agreement / match
  • 一回いっかい — one time
  • 一行いちぎょう — one line

When talking about “一日” as a duration — like spending one full day somewhere — the reading is いちにち.

But when referring to the first day of the month, the special reading ついたち is used. This unique reading comes from old Japanese and is still common in everyday speech and calendars.

一人ひとりきます。
I’ll go alone.

一回いっかいだけ ました。
I saw it only once.

番
Creates
一番いちばん:Number one
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