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唯

唯 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

solely, only, merely, simply

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ユイJHS
  • イHS
Kun (native)
  • ただ
Nanori (used in names)
  • ゆ
Other languages
  • 拼音wei2
  • 拼音wei3
  • 한글yu
  • Hán-ViệtDuy
  • Hán-ViệtDụy

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+552F

Components

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Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口隹

Words using this kanji

  • 唯一ゆいいつそれ以外に同類の存在が認められないこと。only, sole, unique
  • 唯物論ゆいぶつろん世界の本体は全て物質であり、精神の働きも物質により決まるとする考え。materialism
  • 唯にただにmerely, only, simply
  • 唯々ただただabsolutely, completely, utterly, really
  • 唯識ゆいしきvijnapti-matrata (theory that all existence is subjective and nothing exists outside of the mind)
  • 唯心ゆいしん全ての物事の根源は精神にあるということ。doctrine that all phenomena are produced from consciousness (a central teaching of the Avatamska sutra), spiritualism
  • 唯物ゆいぶつ物質だけが真の存在だと考えること。materialism
  • 唯々いいobedient, submissive, tame, slavish
  • 唯我論ゆいがろんsolipsism (phil.)
  • 唯心論ゆいしんろん世界の現象の本質は精神の働きそのものであるとする説。特に人間の心の作用を重視する立場。spiritualism, idealism, mentalism
  • 唯理論ゆいりろんrationalism
  • 唯名論ゆいめいろんnominalism
  • 唯識派ゆいしきはConsciousness-Only School (of Buddhism), Yogacara
  • 唯識宗ゆいしきしゅうHosso sect (of Buddhism)
  • 唯物的ゆいぶつてきmaterialistic
  • 唯心的ゆいしんてきspiritualistic
  • 唯さえたださえeven at the best of times, already, (even) under normal circumstances, in addition to
  • 唯一神ゆいいつしん一神教でその神以外に神はいないとされる神。God (in monotheism)
  • 唯でさえただでさえeven at the best of times, already, (even) under normal circumstances, in addition to
  • 唯一無二ゆいいつむに二つとなくただ一つの。one and only, unique

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
Four Corner
6001.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d8.1
Heisig
595
Nelson
942