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一

yī

“One” in Chinese is 一 (yī).

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Meaning

  • one
  • single
  • a (article)
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  • as soon as
  • entire; whole; all; throughout
  • "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)

Example

我吃了一半三明治了。

I'm halfway through my sandwich.

From 一半 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

1 strokes

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