- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
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一木难支
一木难支
lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
- ，。
One tree cannot prop up the weight; he needs help.
- 貳形adjective
fig. one is helpless alone
- 。
He alone can hardly manage by himself.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
- 隹(short-tailed bird)RADICAL
Catching a short-tailed bird in flight with bare hands is as difficult as the challenge this character represents.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 十(ten; branch)ASSOCIATIVE
- 又(right hand)ASSOCIATIVE
A hand grasping a tree branch depicts the image of support and branching.
一木难支
Traditional一木難支
lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
- ，。
One tree cannot prop up the weight; he needs help.
- 貳形adjective
fig. one is helpless alone
- 。
He alone can hardly manage by himself.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
- 隹(short-tailed bird)RADICAL
Catching a short-tailed bird in flight with bare hands is as difficult as the challenge this character represents.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 十(ten; branch)ASSOCIATIVE
- 又(right hand)ASSOCIATIVE
A hand grasping a tree branch depicts the image of support and branching.
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