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Translingual
Han character
惟 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 心人土 (POG), four-corner 90014, composition ⿰忄隹)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 391, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10820
- Dae Jaweon: page 726, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2316, character 3
- Unihan data for U+60DF
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 匯
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*ɢʷrɯːlʔ, *kʰʷriːl
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| 擓
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*kʰʷriːl
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| 淮
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*ɡʷriːl
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| 睢
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*qʰʷel, *sqʰʷil, *qʰʷi, *qʰʷils
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| 嶉
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*sqʷi
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| 趡
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*skʰʷilʔ
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| 踓
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*skʰʷilʔ, *ɢʷilʔ
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| 雖
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*sqʰʷi
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| 濉
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*sqʰʷi
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| 倠
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*qʰʷi
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| 婎
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*qʰʷil, *qʰʷils
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| 蓶
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*ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ
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| 維
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*ɢʷi
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| 惟
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*ɢʷi
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| 唯
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*ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ
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| 濰
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*ɢʷi
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| 琟
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*ɢʷil
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| 鷕
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*ɢʷiʔ, *ɢʷiʔ
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| 帷
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*ɢʷril
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| 鵻
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*sɢʷinʔ, *tjul
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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惟
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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wéi
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ywij ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢʷij/
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| English
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(copula); namely
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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惟
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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12853
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Phonetic
component
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唯
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Rime
group
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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惟
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢʷi/
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Definitions
惟
- but; however; nevertheless
- only
- to think; to contemplate
- † Alternative form of 唯 (“to be”)
- † (alt. form 維／维, 唯) meaningless sentence-initial particle
- a surname
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
惟
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- consider
- reflect
- think
Readings
Definitions
| For pronunciation and definitions of 惟 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 惟, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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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: Hán Nôm readings: duy
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