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一つ

ひとつ

one (thing)

Mnemonic

The native count rather than いち, and it goes on the end of whatever you are pointing at. One of those, please: ひとつ.

Worth knowing

Japanese has two counting systems. いち, に, さん came in from Chinese, and ひとつ, ふたつ, みっつ are the older native ones, used for general objects up to ten. Ten is とお, with no つ on it.

Built from

one
A single stroke. It doesn't get simpler than this.

Words sharing these kanji

(the) most one once instant, for a moment what on earth, what the… once more for the time being, more or less together in one go (one) part single word, a few words number one, first

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