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惟 = 忄 + 隹

惟 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “ponder”. It is built from 忄 (heart) and 隹 (short-tailed bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2375.

Keyword
ponder
RTK frame
2375
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
イ, ユイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
おも.んみる, これ, おも.うに
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
consider, размышлять
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
惟 but

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 忄 heart
  2. 隹 short-tailed bird

How to find 惟 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “heart” + “short-tailed bird”. 惟 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 惟 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.