一贯
yīguàn · HSK 6
consistent
🔗 一 (one) + 贯 (string through) = one thread running all along
A single thread strung through every bead on an abacus — same line, start to finish. That unbroken continuity gives the meaning: consistent, persistent, all along.
一 — single horizontal stroke
一 is one of the simplest pictographs in Chinese, depicting a single horizontal line to represent the number one. It has retained essentially the same form since oracle bone script over 3,000 years ago. By extension it also means 'first,' 'whole,' or 'same.'