壹 (yī): one (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

壹 (yī) is a Chinese character meaning “one (banker's anti-fraud numeral).” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 士 (structural), 冖 (structural) and 豆 (structural). It ranks #4446 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Spoken pronunciation
Radical: 士 scholar12 strokesFrequency #4446士 structural冖 structural豆 structural

Definitions

  1. one (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
约翰壹书yuē hàn yī shūFirst epistle of St John
1
Total compounds
0
As first character
0
As last character
100
As middle character

壹 appears in 1 compound words: 0 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 100 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

中国新闻网·文化Aug 2026

在南山山野之间，壹煦悠然民宿为到访者打开了读懂新疆本土生活的全新窗口。

zài nán shān shān yě zhī jiān , yī 煦 yōu rán mín sù wéi dào fǎng zhě dǎ kāi le dú dǒng xīn jiāng běn tǔ shēng huó de quán xīn chuāng kǒu .

Nestled in the wilderness of Nanshan, Yixu Youran Homestay offers visitors a fresh perspective on local life in Xinjiang.

中国新闻网·体育May 2026

壹基金秘书长李弘说。

yī jī jīn mì shū cháng lǐ hóng shuō .

"Li Hong, Secretary-General of the One Foundation, said."

中国新闻网·体育Apr 2026

水翼帆板男女组冠军被中国队包揽，分别花落20岁的王壹国、15岁的陈逸敏。

shuǐ yì fān bǎn nán nǚ zǔ guàn jūn bèi zhōng guó duì bāo lǎn , fēn bié huā luò 2 0 suì de wáng yī guó , 1 5 suì de chén yì mǐn .

The Chinese team swept the men's and women's windsurfing titles, with the 20-year-old Wang Yiguo and the 15-year-old Chen Yimin taking the gold medals, respectively.

Character Family

士 Radical Family — Characters sharing the scholar radical

声shēng士shì壮zhuàng壳qiào壶hú

Related Characters

声shēng士shì壶hú壮zhuàng壳qiào

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 壹 (yī) mean in Chinese?
壹 (yī) primarily means "one (banker's anti-fraud numeral)." It is not part of the HSK 3.0 syllabus. It ranks #4446 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 壹 have?
壹 is written with 12 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 壹?
The radical associated with 壹 is 士 (scholar). This radical appears in many characters related to scholar.
What are the components of 壹?
壹 is composed of: 士 (structural), 冖 (structural), 豆 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱士⿱冖豆 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 壹?
Common words with 壹 include: 约翰壹书 (yuē hàn yī shū, "First epistle of St John"). There are over 1 compound words containing this character.
Is 壹 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 壹 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.