一

一 — one

JLPT: JLPT N5
Strokes: 1
Taught in: School year 1
Frequency: #2 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: いち ichi

いつ itsu
Kun'yomi: ひと- hito-

ひと.つ hito.tsu

Example words

一つ hitotsu one thing

Words that use 一

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