wéi
tent
Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 隹 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 帷
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
heavy curtain | ||
curtain | ||
fig. planning strategies | ||
drapery | ||
curtain |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*ɢʷrij | hwij | wéi | curtain |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3448th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+5E37 |
Shuowen | “帷，在旁曰帷。从巾，隹聲。，古文帷。” |
Sources
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