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How to write 一, stroke by stroke

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What 一 means

one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

Words with 一

• 一个yī gea; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
• 一起yī qǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with); altogether; in total; an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
• 一下yī xià(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
• 一样yī yàngsame; like; equal to; the same as; just like
• 一定yī dìngsurely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must
• 一直yī zhístraight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
• 一切yī qièeverything; every; all
• 一些yī xiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
• 一次yī cìfirst; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one)
• 唯一wéi yīonly; sole
• 一种yī zhǒngone kind of; one type of
• 第一次dì yī cìthe first time; for the first time

一 in a sentence

• 有一天，我会跑得像风一样快。

  yǒu yì tiān ， wǒ huì pǎo dé xiàng fēng yí yàng kuài 。

  Someday I'll run like the wind.

• 我只想查一下我的电子邮件。

  wǒ zhī xiǎng chá yí xià wǒ de diàn zǐ yóu jiàn 。

  I just wanted to check my email.

• 世界就是一个疯子的囚笼。

  shì jiè jiù shì yí gè fēng zǐ de qiú lóng 。

  The world is a den of crazies.

• 你不能指望我一直考虑周到！

  nǐ bù néng zhǐ wàng wǒ yì zhí kǎo lǜ zhōu dào ！

  You can't expect me to always think of everything!

• 你在我旁边，现在一切都好了。

  nǐ zài wǒ páng biān ， xiàn zài yí qiè dōu hǎo le 。

  You're by my side; everything's fine now.

Characters that sound like 一

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