一 — one

Grade 1 kanji · 1 strokes · on'yomi ichi · kun'yomi hito·tsu.

One horizontal line — the simplest kanji. One finger held out flat.

Example words

• 一つ — hitotsu — one thing
• 一日 — ichinichi — one day
• 一番 — ichiban — number one

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