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惟
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thinking

HSK 10 N1
Communication →Language
wéi
イ、ユイ
おも.んみる、これ、おも.うに
유
Notes
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Bronze
Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
惟
Regular
Modern
Chinese
惟 [wéi]
-ism; only
Japanese
此れ (rare) 、 是 (rare) 、 之 (rare) 、 維 (rare) 、 惟 (rare) これ 同音

pronoun

  1. usually kana this; this one (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic)
  2. usually kana this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group)
  3. usually kana now; this point (in time) (as これから, これまで, etc.)
  4. datedusually kana here
  5. archaic I; me

adverb

  1. formalusually kana used to stress the subject of a sentence
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (3)
これは面白い本だよ。
This is an interesting book.
これは兄です。かっこいいですね。
This is my brother. Handsome, isn't he?
私はこれからは英語を一生懸命勉強します。
I will study English hard from now on.
Japanese Names
惟 い
I unclassified name
惟 これ
Kore unclassified name
惟 ただ
Tada surname
惟 たもつ
Tamotsu given name
惟 ゆい
Yui female given name
CHINESE WORDS (14)
惟一 [wéi​yī] #19,406
only
惟有 [wéi​yǒu] #23,806
variant of 唯有[wéi​yǒu]
惟妙惟肖 [wéi​miào​wéi​xiào] #38,870
to imitate to perfection
惟独 [wéi​dú] #50,543
only
惟独 [wéi​dú] #50,543
only
惟利是图 [wéi​lì​shì​tú] #39,207
variant of 唯利是圖|唯利是图[wéi​lì​shì​tú]
惟利是图 [wéi​lì​shì​tú] #39,207
variant of 唯利是圖|唯利是图[wéi​lì​shì​tú]
惟恐 [wéi​kǒng] #64,558
for fear that
不惟 [bù​wéi] #45,053
not only
伏惟 [fú​wéi] #66,085
to lie prostrate
4 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (8)
⭐ 思う [おもう] #20
to think
⭐ 此れ [これ] #8,569
this
思惟 [しい] #37,326
thought
思うに [おもうに] #51,297
presumably
思い見る [おもいみる] #100,804
to reflect carefully
惟神 [かんながら] #145,764
as a god
半跏思惟像 [はんかしいぞう] #199,720
statue of a figure sitting contemplatively in the half lotus position (often of Maitreya)
惟神の道 [かんながらのみち] #213,371
the Way of the Gods