One in Chinese (Mandarin): 一 (yī)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 一

• 一

  One. A single line.

  1 strokes

一 is first tone on its own, but changes before other words: yí before a fourth tone (一个, yí gè) and yì before the others (一天, yì tiān).

More examples with 一

• 我有一只小狗。

  我有一隻小狗。

  Wǒ yǒu yì zhī xiǎo gǒu.

  I have one puppy.

• 一月很冷。

  Yīyuè hěn lěng.

  January is cold.

How to write 一 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.