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Mythic Mandarin

唯一 (wéi yī): meaning and stroke order

唯一 (wéi yī) means only; sole.

唯一

Simplified
唯一
Traditional
唯一 (same form)
Pinyin
wéi yī

Stroke order of 唯一

唯

  • wéi only; alone
  • wěi yes
  • 11 strokes

Stroke by stroke

一

  • yī one; single
  • 1 stroke

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 唯一

  1. wéi yī
    • only; sole

Radicals of the characters

唯
Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 11 strokes · 口 on the left, 隹 on the right
一
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 1 stroke

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.

唯一 in our stories

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  • “这是我母亲留下的唯一一件东西，”她声音很低，“搬家的时候不小心摔了。能不能修得跟新的一样，一点儿痕迹都看不出来？”

    zhè shì wǒ mǔqīn liú xià de wéiyī yí jiàn dōngxi tā shēngyīn hěn dī bānjiā de shíhou bù xiǎoxīn shuāi le néng bù néng xiū de gēn xīn de yíyàng yìdiǎnr hénjì dōu kàn bù chūlai

    "This is the only thing my mother left me," she said quietly. "I dropped it when we were moving. Can you mend it so it looks new, without the slightest trace?"

    From the story Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 唯一

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).