Chinese Character 唯 Meanings and components.

Form

唯

Meaning

唯 meaning^[3] in English

-Ism.

Only.

Alone.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 唯 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and short-tailed bird (隹)

Its radical^[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with ROG

How to write 唯

To write唯wei2-ism you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 隹zhui1short-tailed bird arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 隹 = 唯

唯 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 唯 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 唯, looks as follow:

唯

Pinyin:wei2 Shape:吅

Meaning^[3]: -Ism . Only . Alone

口

Pinyin:kou3

Meaning^[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

隹

Pinyin:zhui1

Meaning^[3]: Short-Tailed Bird

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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