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維

wéi

hold together, maintain

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 隹 represents the sound.

Components
糹 meaning component

糹  Meaning component

sī, mì

  

silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

隹 sound component

隹  Sound component

zhuī

  

bird

Evolution

維 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
維 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
維 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
維 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

维 (維) 

wéi

maintain, preserve, safeguard; to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension; vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wéi​shēng​sù])

维 (維) 

Wéi

abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wéi​wú​'ěr]; surname Wei

Most common words with 維
Freq.
Word
Meaning

维

to preserve

维护

to defend

维持

to keep

思维

thinking

维修

maintenance (of equipment)

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

濰

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ɢʷij (? < *ɢʷuj)

ywij

wéi

rope for tying


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 46.7083% of movies

527th most common character in movies

520th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

维

Unicode

U+7DAD

Shuowen

“維，車蓋維也。从糸，隹聲。”


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