惟

Translingual

Han character

惟 (radical 61 心+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 心人土 (POG), four-corner 9001₄, composition ⿰忄隹)

1. but, however, nevertheless
2. only

References

• KangXi: page 391, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10820
• Dae Jaweon: page 726, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2316, character 3
• Unihan data for U+60DF

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Chinese

		-
simp. and trad.		惟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéi (wei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: wéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
    • Wade-Giles: wei²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴
    • Yale: wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (惟, reconstructed)
Character (惟), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 以 (36) Final: 脂 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 以追切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/jiuɪ/	/wi/	/ui/	/jʷi/	/jwi/	/jwi/	/juɪ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (惟, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
惟								wéi								‹ ywij ›								/*ɢʷij/								(copula); namely
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
惟					12853					唯					脂					2					惟					/*ɢʷi/

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Japanese

Kanji

惟

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: い (i), ゆい (yui), び (bi)
• Kun: おもう (omou), おもうに (omouni), これ (kore)
• Nanori: ただ (tada)

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Korean

Hanja

惟 (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

惟 (duy)

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