惟
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-ism; only
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 心 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 惟
- Common rank
- #3,027
- Unicode
- U+60DF
Formation & memory
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How 惟 is formed
Components 忄 隹
How to remember it
thinking · Heisig RSH #1817
state of mind + turkey
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 惟
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惟利是图 | variant of 唯利是圖|唯利是图[wei2 li4 shi4 tu2] | |
| 惟命是听 | see 唯命是從|唯命是从[wei2 ming4 shi4 cong2] | |
| 不惟 | not only | |
| 惟一 | variant of 唯一[wei2 yi1] | |
| 惟有 | variant of 唯有[wei2 you3] | |
| 思惟 | variant of 思維|思维[si1 wei2] | |
| 惟独 | variant of 唯獨|唯独[wei2 du2] | |
| 伏惟 | to lie prostrate; to prostrate oneself (in veneration) | |
| 惟恐 | variant of 唯恐[wei2 kong3] | |
| 恭惟 | variant of 恭維|恭维[gong1 wei5] | |
| 惟妙惟肖 | to imitate to perfection; to be remarkably true to life |