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音読おんよみ: イチ・イツ

訓読くんよみ: ひと・ひとつ

画数かくすう: 1 stroke

部首ぶしゅ: 一(いち / one)

Meaning

One; single; first. This character represents the concept of “one” and is used in countless basic expressions.


  • 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

When talking about “一日” as a duration — like spending one full day somewhere — the reading is いちにち.

But when referring to the first day of the month, the special reading ついたち is used. This unique reading comes from old Japanese and is still common in everyday speech and calendars.

一人ひとりきます。
I’ll go alone.

一回いっかいだけました。
I saw it only once.

This kanji means “one” and is read いち in most cases. But the sound often changes in compound words — like いっぽん (one long object) or いっしゅうかん (one week). These small changes help the words flow naturally in Japanese.

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