U+58F1 "壱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+58F1 "壱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the number one, specifically used as a formal or financial variant of the standard character 一 (yī). Its primary application is in contexts where forgery or alteration of numerical values must be prevented, such as on banknotes, contracts, and legal documents, similar to how English uses "one" as a word but with a distinct graphical form to avoid tampering. Originating as a traditional and complex form of the numeral, it retains strong usage in East Asian cultures, particularly Japan and Taiwan, where it is the standard way to write the digit one in formal or financial writing. The character itself is composed of components that suggest a covered or guarded unity, reflecting its role as a secure and unambiguous representation of the smallest natural number.

General Properties

Code Point U+58F1
Version Added 1.1
Name CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 壱
HTML Hex Encoding 壱
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0xA3 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding 0x58F1
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000058F1
C/C++/Java Escape \u58f1

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Numeric
Numeric Value 1
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Han
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes
Unified Ideograph Yes

Unihan Properties

kAccountingNumeric 1
kCNS1986 E-2543
kCNS1992 3-2543
kCangjie GBP
kCantonese jat1
kDaeJaweon 0483.080
kDefinition number one
kEACC 4B3021
kFourCornerCode 4071.1
kHanYu 10428.022
kIICore AJ
kIRGDaeJaweon 0483.080
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10428.021
kIRGKangXi 0243.041
kIRG_GSource GE-353C
kIRG_JSource J0-306D
kIRG_KSource K2-2B3C
kIRG_TSource T3-2543
kJapanese イチ イツ イン ひとつ
kJoyoKanji 2010
kJapaneseKun HITOTSU
kJapaneseOn ICHI ITSU
kJis0 1677
kKangXi 0243.041
kKorean IL
kMandarin
kMojiJoho MJ009388
kMorohashi 05647
kNelson 1059
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+1201+21.2.5 C+1201+33.3.4
kRSUnicode 33.4
kTotalStrokes 7
kUnihanCore2020 J