Chinese Character Wiki

违

wéi

disobey

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 韦 represents the sound. Simplified form of 違.

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

韦 sound component

韦  Sound component

wéi

  

tanned leather

Evolution

违 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
违 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
违 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

违 (違) 

wéi

disobey, violate, defy; be apart from; to disobey; to violate; to separate; to go against

Most common words with 违
Freq.
Word
Meaning

违法

illegal

违反

to violate (a law)

违规

irregular

违背

to go against

违

to disobey

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 24.0750% of movies

1408th most common character in movies

1184th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

違

Unicode

U+8FDD


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