一

音読おんよみ: イチ・イツ

訓読くんよみ: ひと・ひと

画数かくすう: 1

部首ぶしゅ: 一(いち)

Meaning

One / Single / First

  • 一人ひとり — one person
  • 一番いちばん — number one / the best
  • 一部いちぶ — one part / a portion
  • 一致いっち — agreement / match
  • 一回いっかい — one time
  • 一行いちぎょう — one line
  • 日本一にほんいち / 世界一せかいいち — number one in Japan / number one in the world

When talking about 一日いちにち as a duration, it means “one full day.”

But the first day of the month is read ついたち, a special reading from classical Japanese.

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