Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 1
一 one
- Meaning
- one
- On reading
- イチ
- Kun reading
- ひと(つ)
Memory hook
One horizontal stroke. One line, one thing. イチ in compounds, ひと(つ) when you are counting things.
Words that use 一
一つ
ひとつ
one thing
一月
いちがつ
January
How to write 一
Stroke order · 1 stroke
1
- 1. The horizontal across the middle.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
一 is taught on day 1 of the kanji course, alongside 二 三, with two writing passes and a short quiz.