一点(yì diǎn) - a little, a bit in Mandarin

A compound of 一 (yī, 'one') and 点 (diǎn, 'dot, a little'), meaning 'a little'. The simplified 点 derives from 點, a phono-semantic compound of 黑 (hēi, 'black') with 占 (zhān) as the phonetic, originally 'a black mark, a dot'.

Origin

compound

Root

一 (yī, 'one') + 点 (diǎn, 'dot'; from 黑 black + 占 zhān phonetic)