唯

唯 U+552F, 唯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-552F
← 售
[U+552E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 唰 →
[U+5530]

Translingual

Han character

唯 (radical 30 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口人土 (ROG), four-corner 60014, composition ⿰口隹)

Derived characters

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 唯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (唯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
匯 *ɢʷrɯːlʔ, *kʰʷriːl
擓 *kʰʷriːl
淮 *ɡʷriːl
睢 *qʰʷel, *sqʰʷil, *qʰʷi, *qʰʷils
嶉 *sqʷi
趡 *skʰʷilʔ
踓 *skʰʷilʔ, *ɢʷilʔ
雖 *sqʰʷi
濉 *sqʰʷi
倠 *qʰʷi
婎 *qʰʷil, *qʰʷils
蓶 *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ
維 *ɢʷi
惟 *ɢʷi
唯 *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ
濰 *ɢʷi
琟 *ɢʷil
鷕 *ɢʷiʔ, *ɢʷiʔ
帷 *ɢʷril
鵻 *sɢʷinʔ, *tjul

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 隹.

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • ûi - literary;
  • bî - vernacular.
Rime
Character 唯
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 脂 (16)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 以追切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jiuɪ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /jʷi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /juɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /jwi/
Li
Rong		 /ui/
Wang
Li		 /jwi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /wi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wéi
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 唯
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 wéi
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ywij ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ɢʷij/ (< *ɢʷuj?)
English only

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 唯
Reading # 1/2
No. 12854
Phonetic
component		 唯
Rime
group		 脂
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 惟
Old
Chinese		 /*ɢʷi/
Notes 本象隹鳴，鷕即其轉註異構，非隹聲

Definitions

唯

  1. only; alone
  2. because
  3. although
  4. to be
  5. Particle for expressing one's wish.
  6. Meaningless sentence-initial particle.

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 唯
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 脂 (16)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 以水切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jiuɪX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /jʷiX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /juɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /jwiX/
Li
Rong		 /uiX/
Wang
Li		 /jwiX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /wiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wěi
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 唯
Reading # 2/2
No. 12858
Phonetic
component		 唯
Rime
group		 脂
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 唯
Old
Chinese		 /*ɢʷiʔ/

Definitions

唯

  1. † A polite particle used to respond to elders: yes

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

唯

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Notes

As in historical readings すゐ (suwi), つゐ (tuwi), るゐ (ruwi), most dictionaries do not have ゆゐ (yuwi) as a historical reading for 唯. According to Heian-period data, the on-reading of 唯 is ゆい (yui). However, the Dai Kanwa Jiten, has the ゆゐ (yuwi) and related -wi historical on-readings.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
唯
ただ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Adverb

唯 (hiragana ただ, rōmaji tada)

  1. just, only, simply

Noun

唯 (hiragana ただ, rōmaji tada)

  1. ordinary, usual
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
唯
ゆい
Grade: S
on’yomi

Proper noun

唯 (hiragana ゆい, rōmaji Yui)

  1. A female given name

References

  1. ↑ 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō

Korean

Hanja

唯 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

唯 (dõi, dói, dúi, duỗi, duy, giói, giọi, gioè, dạ, dọi, duối)

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