唯

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 Descendants 1.2.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 口 (“‘mouth’”) + phonetic 隹

[edit] 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

[edit] Descendants

• 雖, 蓶

[edit] 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

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

唯 (Yale wai2, wai4)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

唯 (common kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: ゆい (yui), い (i)
• Kun: ただ (tada), これ (kore)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

唯 (pinyin wéi (wei2), Wade-Giles wei²)