wéi
Radical 30 · 11 strokes

alone

HSK 7 (3.0)3 meanings#15211
MEANING3 meanings

MEANING

  1. adverb

    alone

    • Only through effort can one succeed.

  2. adverb

    only

  3. noun

    -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism)

    • Materialism is a type of philosophical thought.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS
  • (mouth; opening)RADICAL
  • (short-tailed bird; bird with short tail)PHONETIC

A mouth uttering the sound of assent sounds like a bird chirping in response.

(left-right)

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