wēi, wěi
wither
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 委 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 萎
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to wither | ||
to wilt | ||
to wither | ||
dispirited | ||
dispirited and listless (idiom); downcast |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.0663% of movies
2991st most common character in movies
2757th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+840E |
Shuowen | “萎，食牛也。从艸，委聲。” |
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