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Kanji for One
Japanese has more than one kanji connected to “one”: 一、壱. Each has its own feeling. Compare their meanings, readings and the names they appear in.
one
One and first; the number one.
1 strokes On reading イチ、イツ (ichi, itsu) Kun reading ひと、ひとつ (hito, hitotsu) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings used for names on Nazuke: i, ichi, kazu, hi
In Japan it appears in about 3,818 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
one
One, the formal way of writing it.
7 strokes On reading イチ、イツ (ichi, itsu) Kun reading ひとつ (hitotsu) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: one (in documents)
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ichi
In Japan it appears in about 463 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
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