wēi
Osmunda regalis
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 微 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 薇
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
Taiwan pr. [wéi] | ||
Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star | ||
Japanese rose (Rosa multiflora) | ||
crape myrtle |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.0343% of movies
2253rd most common character in movies
3193rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 16 |
Unicode | U+8587 |
Shuowen | “薇,菜也,似藿。从艸,微聲。,籀文薇省。” |
Sources
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