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一 yī — “one”

How to write and say the Chinese character 一 (yī), which means one — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Numbers & counting.

Stroke order笔顺

一 is written with 1 stroke, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

One single stroke — the number one, and the very first character most children ever write.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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