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壱

one (in documents)
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingイチ、イツ
Kun readingひとつ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. one (in documents)
    それは壱万円と計算されている。It is computed at 10,000 yen.tatoeba
    幕臣・壱岐国守。He was a shogun's retainer and Iki no kuni no Kami (Governor of Iki Province).wiki
  2. I (one)RtK
  1. one
  2. 1
  3. best
  4. first
  5. foremost

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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1 (one) · samurai · crown (冖) · spoon (匕) · sitting on the ground

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 496

Compound words

壱越いちこつ
fundamental tone in the traditional Japanese 12-tone scale (approx. D)
壱岐いき
Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture)
拾壱じゅういち
eleven
壱越調いちこつちょう
ichikotsu mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)
壱拾萬じゅうまん
100,000
壱百萬ひゃくまん
1,000,000
壱万円いちまんえん
10,000 yen

Additional Examples

壱鼓 (いっこ)
Ikkowiki

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 壱

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