Chinese Character Wiki

巍

wēi

high

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 魏 represents the sound.

Components
山 meaning component

山  Meaning component

shān

  

mountain

魏 sound component

魏  Sound component

wèi

  

kingdom of Wei

Evolution

巍 Bronze script Warring States (475-221 BC)

Bronze script

Warring States (475-221 BC)
巍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
巍 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
巍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

巍  

wēi

high, lofty, majestic, eminent; lofty; towering; Taiwan pr. [wéi]

Most common words with 巍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

巍

lofty

巍然

majestic

巍峨

lofty

巍巍

towering

颤巍巍

trembling

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*N-qʰuj

ngjw+j

wēi

high, majestic


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3201st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

20

Unicode

U+5DCD

Shuowen

“巍，高也。从嵬，委聲。”


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