唯 — Chinese character

唯

wéi

only; sole

Pinyin: wéi
Radical: 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
Strokes: 11
Components: 口隹
Japanese: 唯 as a kanji

Common words with 唯

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
唯一	wéi yī	only; sole
唯有	wéi yǒu	only
唯独 (唯獨)	wéi dú	only; just (i.e. it is only that...)
唯物主义 (唯物主義)	wéi wù zhǔ yì	materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality
唯美	wéi měi	aesthetics
唯恐	wéi kǒng	for fear that; lest
唯心主义 (唯心主義)	wéi xīn zhǔ yì	philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness
唯物	wéi wù	materialistic
唯利是图 (唯利是圖)	wéi lì shì tú	(idiom) to be bent solely on profit; to put profit before everything else
唯物论 (唯物論)	wéi wù lùn	(philosophy) materialism
任人唯亲 (任人唯親)	rèn rén wéi qīn	(idiom) to practice nepotism or cronyism in making appointments
唯一性	wéi yī xìng	uniqueness

English words written with 唯

唯 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 16 · Analects 13 · Art of War 1 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 49 · Great Learning 2 · Doctrine of the Mean 6

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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