Radical 1

Template:Short description Template:Infobox Kangxi radical Radical 1 or radical one () meaning "one" is one of the 6 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 1 stroke. It is the simplest Chinese character in the language due to consisting of only one line.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 60 characters (out of 47,043) to be found under this radical.

is also the 1st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

• Large seal script character
  Large seal script character
• Small seal script character
  Small seal script character

Derived characters

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Some Chinese characters with Radical 1

Strokes	CharactersTemplate:Efn
+0	Template:Linktext
+1	Template:Linktext Template:Linktext Template:Linktext Template:Linktext Template:Linktext Template:Linktext
+2	Template:Linktext (also SC/JP form of Template:Linktext -> 艸) Template:Linktext Template:Linktext Template:Linktext Template:Linktext Template:Linktext Template:LinktextSC/Template:LinktextJP (also SC/JP form of Template:Linktext -> 臼)
+3	Template:Linktext Template:Linktext Template:Linktext Template:LinktextSC/JP/Template:LinktextTC (also SC form of Template:Linktext -> 酉) Template:Linktext (=丑) Template:LinktextSC (=Template:Linktext -> 寸)
+4	Template:Linktext Template:Linktext Template:Linktext Template:Linktext Template:Linktext Template:LinktextSC (=Template:Linktext -> 木) Template:LinktextSC (=Template:Linktext => 又) Template:LinktextSC (=Template:Linktext -> 木) Template:LinktextSC (=Template:Linktext -> 糸)
+5	Template:Linktext Template:Linktext Template:Linktext Template:LinktextJP (=Template:Linktext -> 入)
+6	Template:Linktext Template:LinktextSC (=兩 -> 入) Template:LinktextSC (=Template:Linktext -> 口)
+7	Template:Linktext Template:LinktextSC (=Template:Linktext -> 口)

In calligraphy

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The horizontal line as in 永

The only stroke in radical one, known as héng "horizontal", is called cè in the eight principles of the character 永 (Template:Linktext Yǒngzì Bāfǎ) which are the basis of Chinese calligraphy.

Sinogram

As an isolated character it is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a first grade kanji.

See also

• Chinese numerals