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唯

唯

唯 U+552F, 唯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-552F
← 售
[U+552E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 唰 →
[U+5530]

Translingual

Han character

唯 (radical 30 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口人土 (ROG), four-corner 60014, composition ⿰口隹)

  1. only
  2. yes

Descendants

References

  • KangXi: page 193, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3761
  • Dae Jaweon: page 413, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 642, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+552F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 唯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (唯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
匯 *ɢʷrɯːlʔ, *kʰʷriːl
擓 *kʰʷriːl
淮 *ɡʷriːl
睢 *qʰʷel, *sqʰʷil, *qʰʷi, *qʰʷils
嶉 *sqʷi
趡 *skʰʷilʔ
踓 *skʰʷilʔ, *ɢʷilʔ
雖 *sqʰʷi
濉 *sqʰʷi
倠 *qʰʷi
婎 *qʰʷil, *qʰʷils
蓶 *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ
維 *ɢʷi
惟 *ɢʷi
唯 *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ
濰 *ɢʷi
琟 *ɢʷil
鷕 *ɢʷiʔ, *ɢʷiʔ
帷 *ɢʷril
鵻 *sɢʷinʔ, *tjul

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ) : semantic 口 ‎(“mouth”) + phonetic 隹 ‎(OC *tjul).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 唯 唯
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 脂 (16) 脂 (16)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 以追切 以水切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jiuɪ/ /jiuɪX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /jʷi/ /jʷiX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /juɪ/ /juɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /jwi/ /jwiX/
Li
Rong		 /ui/ /uiX/
Wang
Li		 /jwi/ /jwiX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /wi/ /wiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wéi wěi
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 唯
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 wéi
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ywij ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ɢʷij/ (< *ɢʷuj?)
English only

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 唯 唯
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 12854 12858
Phonetic
component		 唯 唯
Rime
group		 脂 脂
Rime
subdivision		 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 惟 唯
Old
Chinese		 /*ɢʷi/ /*ɢʷiʔ/
Notes 本象隹鳴，鷕即其轉註異構，非隹聲

Definitions

唯

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Compounds

  • 任人唯親／任人唯亲
  • 任人唯賢／任人唯贤 (rènrénwéixián)
  • 匪唯
  • 唯一 (wéiyī)
  • 唯利是圖／唯利是图 (wéi lì shì tú)
  • 唯利是從／唯利是从
  • 唯利是求
  • 唯利是視／唯利是视
  • 唯名論／唯名论
  • 唯吾獨尊／唯吾独尊
  • 唯命是從／唯命是从
  • 唯命是聽／唯命是听
  • 唯唯 (wéiwéi)
  • 唯唯否否
  • 唯唯諾諾／唯唯诺诺
  • 唯妙唯肖
  • 唯實論／唯实论
  • 唯心論／唯心论 (wéixīnlùn)
  • 唯恐 (wéikǒng)
  • 唯恐不及
  • 唯我
  • 唯我獨尊／唯我独尊
  • 唯我論／唯我论 (wéiwǒlùn)
  • 唯是命題／唯是命题
  • 唯有 (wéiyǒu)
  • 唯物史觀／唯物史观
  • 唯物論／唯物论 (wéiwùlùn)
  • 唯獨／唯独
  • 唯美
  • 唯美主義／唯美主义
  • 唯諾／唯诺
  • 唯識／唯识
  • 唯識宗／唯识宗
  • 唯識論／唯识论
  • 唯讀／唯读
  • 奉命唯謹／奉命唯谨
  • 成唯識論／成唯识论
  • 萬法唯識／万法唯识

References

Japanese

Kanji

唯

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Adverb

唯 ‎(hiragana ただ, romaji tada)

  1. just, only, simply

Noun

唯 ‎(hiragana ただ, romaji tada)

  1. ordinary, usual

Alternative forms

Proper noun

唯 ‎(hiragana ゆい, romaji Yui)

  1. A female given name

Korean

Hanja

唯 • ‎(yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

唯 (dõi, dói, dúi, duỗi, duy, giói, giọi, gioè, dạ, dọi, duối)

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