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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

唯: solely, only

Also: merely, simply

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

口 carries the meaning · 隹 gives the sound

11 strokes
  • Small seal · Qin
  • Today

Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

One reading, and the words that use it

ユイyui · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 唯一ゆいいつonly; sole; unique
  • 唯物論ゆいぶつろんmaterialism
  • 唯識ゆいしきvijnapti-matrata (theory that all…

Also read イ, ただ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
More in the 口 mouth story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
口

Also built on mouth (口)

All 108
隹

Also built on old bird (隹)

All 21

The 隹 family reads スイ (sui); 唯 is read ユイ、イ.

Also read ユイ

3 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read イ

31 kanji share this on'yomiAll 31

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
唯 solely · 口
vs堆 piled high · 土
唯 has 口 where 堆 has 土.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · wéi

Same form: 唯 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
唯 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
唯 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin wéi most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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