一貫

See also: 一贯

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	pierce; to string
trad. (一貫)		一	貫
simp. (一贯)		一	贯

Etymology

From Analects:

子曰：「參乎！吾道一以貫之。」曾子曰：「唯。」子出。門人問曰：「何謂也？」曾子曰：「夫子之道，忠恕而已矣。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

子曰：「参乎！吾道一以贯之。」曾子曰：「唯。」子出。门人问曰：「何谓也？」曾子曰：「夫子之道，忠恕而已矣。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

Zǐyuē: “Shēn hū! Wúdào yī yǐ guàn zhī.” Zēngzǐ yuē: “Wéi.” Zǐ chū. Ménrén wèn yuē: “Héwèi yě?” Zēngzǐ yuē: “Fūzǐ zhī dào, zhōngshù éryǐ yǐ.” [Pinyin]

The Master said, “Shen, one single thread runs through my doctrine.” Master Zeng said, “Yes.” The Master went out, and the other disciples asked, “What did he mean?” Master Zeng said, “The Master’s doctrine is nothing other than loyalty and empathy.”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīguàn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄍㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ gun³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-koàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīguàn [Phonetic: yíguàn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄍㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yiguàn
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-kuan⁴
  - Yale: yī-gwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iguann
  - Palladius: игуань (iguanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ku̯än⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ gun³
  - Yale: yāt gun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ gun³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ gun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kuːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-koàn
  - Tâi-lô: it-kuàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: itkoaxn
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ kuan²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ kuan⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ kuan²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ kuan¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ kuan²¹/

Adjective

一貫

consistent

Derived terms

一貫制 / 一贯制
一貫性 / 一贯性 (yīguànxìng)
一貫道 / 一贯道 (Yīguàndào)

Related terms

一致 (yīzhì)

Adverb

一貫

consistently; unfailingly; from first to last

Synonyms

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一向 (yīxiàng)
一徑 / 一径 (⁷iq-cin₅) (Wu)
一直 (yīzhí)
一路 (yīlù)
一路來 / 一路来 (Xiang)
不嬲 (Cantonese)
取總 / 取总 (qü³ zong³) (Sichuanese)
向來 / 向来 (xiànglái)
始終 / 始终 (shǐzhōng)
少來 / 少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
從來 / 从来 (cónglái)
從到今 / 从到今 (Hokkien)
暴憑 / 暴凭 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien)
步頻 / 步频 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
歷來 / 历来 (lìlái)
牢牢 (láoláo) (literary)
生天 (Suzhounese)
直直 (Hokkien)
素來 / 素来 (sùlái) (literary)
終始 / 终始 (zhōngshǐ)
跇頭 / 跇头 (Eastern Min)
透底 (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	貫
いつ > いっ Grade: 1	かん Grade: S

Noun

一(いっ)貫(かん) • (ikkan)

integration, consistency with regard to policy, manner, approach, etc.

Verb

一(いっ)貫(かん)する • (ikkan suru) intransitive suru (stem 一(いっ)貫(かん)し (ikkan shi), past 一(いっ)貫(かん)した (ikkan shita))

be consistent, be the same throughout

Conjugation

Conjugation of "一貫する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	一貫し	いっかんし	ikkan shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	一貫し	いっかんし	ikkan shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	一貫する	いっかんする	ikkan suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	一貫する	いっかんする	ikkan suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	一貫すれ	いっかんすれ	ikkan sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	一貫せよ¹ 一貫しろ²	いっかんせよ¹ いっかんしろ²	ikkan seyo¹ ikkan shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	一貫される	いっかんされる	ikkan sareru
Causative	一貫させる一貫さす	いっかんさせるいっかんさす	ikkan saseru ikkan sasu
Potential	一貫できる	いっかんできる	ikkan dekiru
Volitional	一貫しよう	いっかんしよう	ikkan shiyō
Negative	一貫しない	いっかんしない	ikkan shinai
Negative continuative	一貫せず	いっかんせず	ikkan sezu
Formal	一貫します	いっかんします	ikkan shimasu
Perfective	一貫した	いっかんした	ikkan shita
Conjunctive	一貫して	いっかんして	ikkan shite
Hypothetical conditional	一貫すれば	いっかんすれば	ikkan sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“一貫”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026