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壹
壹
Translingual
Han character
壹 (radical 33 士+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土月一廿 (GBMT), four-corner 40108, composition ⿳士冖豆)
- 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. |
壹 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 壹
| |
|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (壹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 曀 | *qiːɡs |
| 殪 | *qiːɡs |
| 豷 | *qiːɡs, *qʰʷriɡs |
| 懿 | *qriɡs |
| 饐 | *qriɡs |
| 鷧 | *qriɡs |
| 撎 | *qriɡs |
| 亄 | *qriɡs, *qriɡ |
| 噎 | *qiːɡ |
| 壹 | *qlid |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧ
- Wade-Giles: i1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i
- IPA (key): /i⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jat1, jik1
- Yale: yāt, yīk
- Cantonese Pinyin: jat7, jik7
- IPA (key): /jɐt̚⁵/, /jɪk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it
- Tâi-lô: it
- Phofsit Daibuun: id
- IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 壹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (48) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 於悉切 |
| 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 | 壹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yī |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ʔjit › |
| Old Chinese |
/*ʔi[t]/ |
| English | one |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 壹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14852 |
| Phonetic component |
壹 |
| Rime group |
質 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
一 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qlid/ |
| Notes | 說文吉聲實懿省文加吉聲 |
Definitions
壹
- one
Usage notes
- This character is rare and only used in an elevated style. Otherwise, 一 is used instead.
References
- “Entry #2”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Korean
Hanja
壹 • (il) (hangeul 일, revised il, McCune-Reischauer il)
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