one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

一 character breakdown

The character 一 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 一 as component

all

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: General 傅佥.

The Queen of Hearts wants to drive all the cats out of the anthill. Outside of it she put on a pointed cap, sprinkled some catnip and starts to play her flute like the Pied Piper of Hamelin. She plays and plays but no cats come out at all, just the General Fu Qian is attracted by the catnip.
"long" or "to grow" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 168)

= + + + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) got caught in one of the anglepod's traps in the kitchen (ang2); he activated the trap by stepping over a fake nose (厶). The trap consists of a huge coordinate system (三) serving as base structure; on top there is a flute (一) to which two dinosaur bones (丨) are attached. The dinosaur bones go straight into both of Charlie Chaplins nostrils; he will be dangling on the two bones in the air until his nose grows (镸) long (镸) enough for him to touch the ground again.
3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger / ancient Chinese compass point: 60°

= + + + : Mnemonic symbol: a plush tiger.

Maud Younger (y) and her plush tiger (寅) just graduated. Wearing their graduation hats (宀) they come out of the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) where they had to study for years and celebrate their new freedom by drinking cuba libres (由). They also are overjoyed that finally they can spend their time just having fun: the plush tiger uses a flute (一) as a bat to shoot an eightball (八) into Maud's direction, who catches it using her graduation cap as baseball glove.
Character component without intrinsic meaning

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: bubble wrap. Frieda Fox has to harvest a field of genetically modified mandarins in the space station's kitchen. The mandarins have been modified so that they listen to the tune Frieda Fox is playing on her flute; thus, as she plays her melody, the mandarins dance and wrap themselves in bubble wrap, hop into a box and are ready to be shipped to the labs on earth.
"pedestal" component in Chinese characters

= + 丿 + : Joan of Arc (ji) is putting a flute (一), a banana (丿) and a dinosaur bone (丨) on a pedestal (丌) in front of the space station (Ø1) as an offering for the gods.
surname Ji

= + 丿 + : Joan of Arc (ji) is putting a flute (一), a banana (丿) and a dinosaur bone (丨) on a pedestal (丌) in front of the space station (Ø1) as an offering for the gods.
archaic variant of 其[qi2]
mutual

= + : Helga Horse (hu) is freezing in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). She rubs her two front hooves mutually (互) against each other to warm up a little. Even her wet snout (彑) is frozen: she cannot play the flute (一) anymore.
beautiful

= + + : This character looks like someone with a monobrow used too much Mascara.

= + + : Li Qingzhao and a baby seal are making each other beautiful in the space station's bathroom. Li Qingzhao helps the baby seal apply Mascara with a flute, while the baby seal paints Li Qingzhao's monobrow with a petal leaf.
Korea
surname Yuan

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a flowchart.

Yu the Great (yu) shows her boyfriend (友) a flowchart (爰) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). On it it is written what he has to do in order to spend the night with her. First, he has to use a razor (爫) and shave his beard. Second, he has to play a song on a flute (一) for her. He wants to spend the night with Yu the Great, therefore (爰) he follows the items on the flowchart.

Words with 一

some / a few / a little / (following an adjective) slightly ...er
one by one / one after another
to have achieved nothing / to be a total failure / to get nowhere
same as 一樣|一样[yi1 yang4] / the same
see 一樣|一样[yi1 yang4]
one or two; a few / a little; just a bit
to be a little bit careless; to have a moment of inattentiveness
to be a little bit careless / to have a moment of inattentiveness

Sentences with 一

ǎn
lǎo
su̅n
méi
yǒu
yi̅
jiàn
chèn
shǒu
de
bi̅ng
qì