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Mythic Mandarin

唯 (wéi): meaning and stroke order

唯 (wéi) means only, alone.

唯

Simplified
唯
Traditional
唯 (same form)
Pinyin
wéi · wěi

Stroke order of 唯

唯

  • wéi only; alone
  • wěi yes
  • 11 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 唯

  1. wéi
    • only
    • alone
    • -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism)
  2. wěi
    • yes

Radical and structure

唯
Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 11 strokes · 口 on the left, 隹 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 唯

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).