Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N5

2 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 1

Meaning: one, one radical (no.1)

Kunyomi: ひと- ひと.つ

Onyomi: イチ イツ

Radical

Radical:

Reading: いち

Meaning: one

Strokes: 1

Examples

Examples with audio

年生(いちねんせい)   first-year student

番(いちばん)   number one

度(いちど)   once

杯(いっぱい)   one cup of, a lot of

緒(いっしょ)   together

分(いっぷん)   one minute

枚(いちまい)   one (flat object)

つ(ひとつ)   one (object)

人(ひとり)   one person

Onyomi Examples

イチ one, 1, best, first, foremost, beginning, start, a (single), one (of many), ace (playing card), bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

応目を通す イチオウメヲトオス to run one's eye over (e.g. to check if it's OK), to glance over, to skim through

キンイツ uniformity, equality

1対1 イチタイイチ one-to-one, one-on-one

イツ one, same (mind, path, etc.)

イツニ solely, entirely, only, or

キンイツ uniformity, equality

カクイツ uniformity, standardization, standardisation

Kunyomi Examples

ひとつ one, for one thing, only, (not) even, just (e.g. "just try it"), some kind of, one type of

ひとつひとつ one-by-one, separately, in detail