phonetic map : 壹 yi

goulnik
 December 30, 2008, 09:18 AM posted in General Discussion

@ 壹

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壹 yī one (form used on checks/etc.)
诚壹 chéngyī single-minded; single-hearted
 懿 yì perfect; perfect virtue
懿德 yìdé perfect virtue
淑懿 shūyì gentle and virtuous
懿望 yìwàng good reputation
ye
噎 yē to hiccup; squelch; choke off
抽噎 chōuyē to sob
打噎 dǎyē to choke; belch; hiccup
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changye
 December 30, 2008, 12:14 PM

壹 is the 大写 of "一" (yi1, one), and these 大写 numbers are sometimes used in China to prevent altering numbers.

一 壹 yi1 one
二 贰 er4 two
三 叁 san1 three
四 肆 si4 four
五 伍 wu3 five
六 陆 liu4 six
七 柒 qi1 seven
八 捌 ba1 eight
九 玖 jiu3 nine
十 拾 shi2 ten

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goulnik
 December 30, 2008, 12:28 PM

thanks changye, you also find 佰 for 百 (bǎi) 100, and仟 for 万 (qiān) 1,000. I suppose 萬 is used for 万 (wàn) 10,000, i.e. the traditional form.

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changye
 December 30, 2008, 12:46 PM

Hi goulniky,

They slipped my mind! As you thought, 萬 is the traditional form of 万. "佰" and "仟", which have a radical "人" (person), originally mean corps/a legion in ancient China. They contain a hundred (百) of soldiers and a thousand (千) of soldiers respectively.