一
yī
one
Type: NumbersHSK 1
A single horizontal line. It's the number one — the beginning.
It's the simplest character. It changes tone before another character: yī can be said yí or yì depending on context. It also appears in proverbs like 'one cannot do everything alone'.
一个人。
Yī gè rén.
One person.
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