wéi
disobey
Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 韦 represents the sound. Simplified form of 違.
Components
Evolution

Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 违
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
illegal | ||
to violate (a law) | ||
irregular | ||
to go against | ||
to disobey |