Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

惟: consider, reflect

Also: think

JLPT N111 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

忄 carries the meaning · 隹 is drawn in

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

イi · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 思惟しいthought; thinking; contemplation

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 惟神かんながらas a god
  • 惟るおもいみるto reflect carefully

Also read ユイ, おもんみる, これ, おもうに, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Feel the beat! When the heart "stands up" on the left side of a kanji, it brings the intense energy of emotion and thought.”
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
忄

Also built on heart (忄)

All 34
隹

Also built on old bird (隹)

All 21

Also read イ

31 kanji share this on'yomiAll 31

Also read ユイ

3 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
惟 consider · 忄
vs唯 solely · 口
惟 has 忄 where 唯 has 口.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · wéi

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

Simplified
惟 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
惟 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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