Chinese Character Wiki

圩

wéi, xū

dike

Components
土 meaning component

土  Meaning component

tǔ

  

earth

earth

于 sound component

于  Sound component

yú

  

at

Evolution

圩 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
圩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

圩  

wéi

dike, embankment; dike

圩  

xū

(dialect) country fair; country market

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*qʷˤa

'u

wū

to plaster


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4291st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+5729


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