There are 3 syllables. Ox-y-gen.
Oxygen is stressed on the first syllable. A simple way of testing which syllable is stressed is by saying the word aloud. Look for the syllable that you naturally emphasise more in your speech.
"Its" has one syllable.
one syllable
There is 1 syllable.
In the word "the", there is one syllable.
There is 1 syllable
There is 1 syllable.
The word "to" has one syllable.
it has one syllable
one syllable--and syllable is missing an "s". You should say "How many syllables is winked?"
Mean has only 1 syllable.
May has one syllable.