Radical 1

Radical 1 or radical one (一部) meaning "one" is one of the 6 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 1 stroke.

Radical 1 (U+2F00)
(U+4E00) "one"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:
Bopomofo:
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:i
Wade–Giles:i1
Cantonese Yale:yāt
Jyutping:jat1
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:it
Japanese Kana:イチ ichi (on'yomi)
ひと(つ) hito(tsu) (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:일 il
Hán-Việt:一 nhất
Names
Chinese name(s):橫/横 héng
Japanese name(s):一 ichi
Hangul:한 han
Stroke order animation

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 42 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.[1]

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

Derived characters

Some Chinese characters with Radical 1
StrokesCharacters
+0
+1
+2 (also SC/JP form of -> ) SC/JP (also SC/JP form of -> )
+3 SC/JP/TC (also SC form of -> ) (=丑) SC (= -> )
+4 SC (= -> ) SC (= => ) SC (= -> Radical 75) SC (= -> )
+5 JP (= -> )
+6 SC (=兩 -> ) SC (= -> )
+7 SC (= -> )

In calligraphy

The horizontal line as in 永

The only stroke in radical one, known as 橫/横 héng "horizontal", is called in the eight principles of the character 永 (永字八法 Yǒngzì Bāfǎ) which are the basis of Chinese calligraphy.

References

  1. "Unihan data for U+4E00". Unicode Consortium. Retrieved 26 March 2011.

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, 1987: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.CS1 maint: location (link)
  • Li, Leyi (1993). Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases. Beijing. ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2.

See also

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