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一 — stroke order

Meaning
one
Strokes
1
Radical
Practise 一 in the full tool →

Watch how to write () stroke by stroke. 一 has 1 stroke and means “one”. It appears in common words such as 一下 (give it a go) and 一起 (in the same place). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.

Common words with 一

The most common words that use 一 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.

一下yīxiàgive it a go一起yīqǐin the same place第一dìyīfirst一樣yīyàngsame一直yīzhístraight一定yīdìngsurely

How 一 is written

Radical
Formation
Ideographic — Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1.

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