U+552F "唯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
唯
U+552F "唯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meanings of "only", "solely", or "alone", and it is also used to express affirmation or agreement in Classical Chinese, similar to saying "yes" or "indeed". In modern usage, it commonly appears in words like "唯一" meaning unique or the only one, and "唯心" referring to idealism in philosophy. The character is composed of the radical 口 meaning mouth and the phonetic component 隹 referring to a short-tailed bird, indicating its semantic connection to vocal expression. This ideograph is widely used in both Chinese and Japanese written languages, where it carries consistent core meanings of exclusivity or emphasis.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+552F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 唯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 唯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x94 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x552F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000552F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u552f |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B0DF |
| kCCCII | 213656 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5944 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5944 |
| kCangjie | ROG |
| kCantonese | wai4 |
| kCihaiT | 277.102 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0413.170 |
| kDefinition | only; yes |
| kEACC | 213656 |
| kFanqie | 以追 以水 |
| kFenn | 52F |
| kFennIndex | 597.06 599.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6001.4 |
| kGB0 | 4608 |
| kGB1 | 4608 |
| kGradeLevel | 6 |
| kGSR | 0575i |
| kHangul | 유:0E |
| kHanYu | 10642.050 |
| kHanyuPinlu | wéi(280) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10642.050:wěi,wéi |
| kHKGlyph | 0610 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0413.170 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10642.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0193.170 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4E28 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B0DF |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4D23 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-FBB5 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6A66 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5944 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4F42 |
| kJapanese | ユイ イ スイ これ ただ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:2288 |
| kJapaneseKun | TADA KORE |
| kJapaneseOn | YUI I |
| kJis0 | 4503 |
| kKangXi | 0193.170 |
| kKorean | YU |
| kLau | 3204 3205 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0787 |
| kMandarin | wéi |
| kMatthews | 7064 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3723a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008345 |
| kMorohashi | 03761 |
| kNelson | 0942 |
| kPhonetic | 285 1435 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3853+30.3.8 C+3853+172.8.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.8 |
| kSBGY | 055.51 250.14 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 106.08 756.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | wéi粵wai4 wěi粵wai2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0787 |
| kTang | *ui |
| kTGHZ2013 | 382.110:wéi |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | dõi |
| kXerox | 256:164 |
| kXHC1983 | 1194.070:wéi 1197.110:wěi |