wěi

right

Components
是 meaning component

  Meaning component

shì

  

is

right

韋 sound component

  Sound component

wéi

  

(surround a city), tanned leather

Evolution

韙 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
韙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
韙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
韙 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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wěi

right; proper; propriety; correct

Most common words with 韙
Freq.
Word
Meaning

冒天下之大不韪

to face opprobrium (idiom)

correct

不韪

fault

冒大不韪

to face opprobrium (idiom)