wěi

brilliant red

Components
火 meaning component

  Meaning component

huǒ

  

fire

fire

韦 sound component

  Sound component

wéi

  

tanned leather

Evolution

炜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
炜 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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wěi

brilliant red; glowing; bright; brilliant