Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary
(A comprehensive Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary for the Web)
An Etymological Dictionary of Chinese Character Interpretations
By Lawrence J. Howell and Hikaru Morimoto
– Covering more than 6,500 Chinese characters as used in Japan –
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一 (1)
イチ ; イツ
ひと; ひと（つ）
Alternate Form 弌
Although 一 is sometimes said to represent an outstretched finger, the phonetic evidence suggests the fundamental idea is that of its homonym 壱 (unity of contents). 一 may therefore be regarded as an ideograph suggesting unity, or fullness → one.
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