= y + Ø1
one (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
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How to pronounce 壹

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ Ø1 final

In front of the space station.

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壹 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= tu + Ø3
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
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= tu + Ø3
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
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= mi + Ø4
"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]
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dòu = d + ou4
variant of 豆[dou4]
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dòu = d + ou4
bean / pea / CL:棵[ke1],粒[li4] / sacrificial vessel
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Characters with 壹 as component

= y + Ø4
(literary) exemplary; virtuous
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= y + Ø4
restrain / virtuous
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= y + e1
to choke (on) / to choke up / to suffocate
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Words with 壹

First epistle of St John / also written 約翰一書|约翰一书

Sentences with 壹

壹 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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one (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

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