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A name. A world of connections.
“beginning, first”
[ha̠ʑime̞] · Japanese
01 / Meaning & origin
一 is a unisex given name documented in Japanese and Chinese. English Wiktionary traces it to Middle Chinese 一.
Separate records with matching spellings: 一 (Japanese), 一 (Japanese)
2 source accounts
/itʉ/ → /it͡sʉ/ → /it͡su/ From Middle Chinese 一 (ʔiɪt̚).
Meaning: “beginning, first”
From 始(はじ)め (hajime, “beginning, first”), the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 始(はじ)める (hajimeru, “to begin”).
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04 / Through time
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06 / Behind the facts
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