Radical 1

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Tang Dynasty calligraphy of radical 1
Tang Dynasty calligraphy of radical 1

Radical 1 meaning "one" is one of only six radicals (of 214 total) Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke.

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are only 42 characters (out of 40 000) to be found under this radical.

Radical 1 (橫 héng) is one of the eight principles of the character (永字八法 Yǒngzì Bāfǎ) which are the basis of Chinese calligraphy.

Pinyin: yī
Zhuyin: ㄧ
Hiragana: いち ichi
Kanji: 一 ichi
Hangeul: 한 han
Sino-Korean: 일 il

[edit] Characters with Radical 1

永 (永字八法Yǒngzì Bāfǎ)
永 (永字八法Yǒngzì Bāfǎ)
strokes character
without additional strokes
1 additional stroke 丁 丂 丄 丅 丆
2 additional strokes 万 丈 下 丌 与
3 additional strokes 不 丏 丐 丑 丒 专
4 additional strokes 且 丕 世 丘 丙 业 丛 东 丝
5 additional strokes 丞 丟 丠 両
6 additional strokes 丣 两 严
7 additional strokes 並 丧

[edit] Literature

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo [1987]. Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters, calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko, New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0896597741. 
  • Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, ISBN-13 978-7561902042
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