Radical 1

Radical 1 meaning "one" (yī) is 1 of 6 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 1 stroke.

Radical 1 (U+2F00)
(U+4E00) "one"
Pinyin:
Bopomofo:
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:i
Wade–Giles:i1
Cantonese Yale:yāt
Jyutping:jat1
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:it
Kana:いち ichi
Kanji:一 ichi
Hangul:한 han
Sino-Korean:일 il
Hán-Việt:一 nhất
Stroke order animation

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 42 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.[1]

永 (永字八法 YǒngzìBāfǎ)

Radical 1, in this case known as 橫 héng "horizontal", is one of the eight principles of the character (永字八法 Yǒngzì Bāfǎ) which are the basis of Chinese calligraphy.

Characters with Radical 1

strokescharacter
without additional strokes
1 additional stroke
2 additional strokes
3 additional strokes
4 additional strokes
5 additional strokes
6 additional strokes
7 additional strokes

References

  1. "Unihan data for U+4E00". Unicode Consortium. Retrieved 26 March 2011.

Literature

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York, 1987: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.CS1 maint: location (link)
  • Li, Leyi (1993). Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases. Beijing. ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2.

See also

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