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韦
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tanned hide

HSK 10
Human →Body
wéi
イ
そむ.く
위
Pictograph of feet walking around city walls. The character is based on the original meaning "to surround". The "leather" meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
止 stop+ 囗 erect+ 止 stop =
韋 tanned hide
止 Iconic component
zhǐ stop
stop, halt, desist
Depicts a foot.
囗 Phonetic component
wéi erect
erect, proud
Depicts city walls.
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止 Iconic component
zhǐ stop
stop, halt, desist
Depicts a foot.
Notes
Similar Characters
卸 unload往 toward徒 follower從 follow (trad)歧 fork in the road歨 a step歷 experience (trad)歸 come back (trad)走 walk之 of企 look forward to先 ahead出 exit正 correct此 this (literary)步 footstep武 military歬 go forward歰 unsmooth犇 stampede
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Bronze
Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 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)
韦
Regular
Modern
Chinese
韦 / 韋 [Wéi]
surname Wei
韦 / 韋 [wéi]
soft leather
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
韋 い
I surname
韋 う
U surname
韋 うえい
Uei unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (30)
韦德 [Wéi​dé] #7,166
Wade (name)
韦伯 [Wéi​bó] #8,603
Webb, Webber or Weber (name)
查韦斯 [Chá​wéi​sī] #41,263
Chavez, Spanish name
津巴布韦 [Jīn​bā​bù​wéi] #31,313
Zimbabwe
吕不韦 [Lǚ​Bù​wéi] #28,658
Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qín​guó], subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qín​dài] Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Yíng​Zhèng], who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qín​Shǐ​huáng]
梅德韦杰夫 [Méi​dé​wéi​jié​fū] #42,908
Medvedyev (name)
韦利 [Wéi​lì] #28,340
Waley or Whaley (name)
麦克斯韦 [Mài​kè​sī​wéi] #58,125
Maxwell (name)
基拉韦厄 [Jī​lā​wéi​'è]
Kilauea, Hawaii, the world's most active volcano
塞韦里诺 [Sài​wéi​lǐ​nuò] #73,515
(Jean-Michel) Severino, CEO of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
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JAPANESE WORDS (8)
韋駄天 [いだてん] #43,727
Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity)
吠陀 [ヴェーダ] #197,812
Veda
韋編 [いへん] #242,188
leather cord
室韋 [しつい]
Shiwei (Mongolic tribe)
藍鞣 [あいなめし]
indigo-dyed leather
革威 [かわおどし]
binding of plates with leather laces (in traditional suits of armor)
韋編三絶 [いへんさんぜつ]
repeated reading
韋陀天 [いだてん]
Wei-To (temple guardian sometimes confused with Vajrapani)