Chinese Character Wiki
畏

wèi

fear

Pictograph of a ghost (鬼) wielding a stick (卜), which is a fearful sight to behold. 鬼 is also a sound component.

Components
鬼 sound,iconic component

鬼  Sound Iconic component

guǐ

  

ghost

卜 iconic component

卜  Iconic component

bo, bǔ

  

fortune telling

Depicts a stick.

Evolution

畏 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
畏 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

畏  

wèi

fear, dread, awe, reverence; to fear

Most common words with 畏
Freq.
Word
Meaning

畏惧

to fear

敬畏

to revere

畏

to fear

不畏

unafraid

大无畏

utterly fearless

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

偎

Sound component in 6 characters (2 verified)

喂 餵 偎 猥 煨 隈

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ʔuj-s

'jw+jH

wèi

fear (v.); threaten


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 8.4575% of movies

2144th most common character in movies

2039th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+754F

Shuowen

“畏，惡也。从甶，虎省。鬼頭而虎爪，可畏也。，古文省。”


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