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偎

wēi

Character

What 偎 means

1. to cuddle

Words starting with 偎

• 偎傍wēi bàngto snuggle up to

Words containing 偎

• 依偎yī wēito nestle against; to snuggle up to

Characters built on 畏

These share the phonetic component 畏 (wèi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 喂wèihey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
• 猥wěihumble; rustic; plentiful
• 煨wēito simmer; to roast in ashes
• 隈wēibay; cove

Characters that look like 偎

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 候hòuto wait; to inquire after; to watch
• 俱jù(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception; (literary) to be together…
• 偶ǒuaccidental; image; pair
• 猥wěihumble; rustic; plentiful
• 倔juéused in 倔强
• 馄húnused in 馄饨

Sounds the same

Read wēi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 危danger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 微tiny; miniature; slightly
• 威power; might; prestige
• 薇Osmunda regalis, a species of fern; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 煨to simmer; to roast in ashes
• 委used in 委蛇
• 巍lofty; towering; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 崴high, lofty; precipitous
• 葳luxuriant
• 隈bay; cove
• 逶used in 逶迤
• 揻(dialect) to bend (a long and thin object)