Chinese Character Wiki
韦

wéi

tanned leather

Simplified form of 韋. Pictograph of feet walking around city walls. The character is based on the original meaning "to surround". The "leather" meaning is a phonetic loan.

Evolution

韦 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
韦 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
韦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
韦 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
韦 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

韦 (韋) 

wéi

tanned leather; surname; KangXi radical number 178; soft leather

韦 (韋) 

Wéi

surname Wei

Most common words with 韦
Freq.
Word
Meaning

韦

surname Wei

韦德

Wade (name)

韦伯

Webb, Webber or Weber (name)

查韦斯

Chavez, Spanish name

津巴布韦

Zimbabwe

Component uses

Meaning component in 4 characters (1 verified)

韩 韧 韬 韫

Sound component in 12 characters (2 verified)

围 伟 违 纬 讳 苇 闱 炜 玮 韪 帏 祎

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 5.4301% of movies

1638th most common character in movies

1667th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Traditional

韋

Unicode

U+97E6


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