noun, takes genitive case の

  1. first class, first rank, first grade, first place, first prize.

noun

  1. one degree, one level, one grade.

adverb

  1. most, best.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
一等 いっとう
1等 いっとう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
etc., and so forth, class (first)
トウ ひと.しい -ら (3rd, N3)
bamboo
たけ チク たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
Buddhist temple
てら ジ (2nd, N2)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン す みき (6th, N1)