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嵬

wéi

Character

What 嵬 means

1. rocky

Words containing 嵬

• 崔嵬cuī wéistony mound; rocky mountain; lofty

Characters built on 鬼

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

• 魅mèidemon; magic; to charm
• 魏wèitower over a palace gateway (old)
• 隗wěieminent; lofty

Sounds the same

Read wéi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 为as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 围to encircle; to surround; all around
• 维to preserve; to maintain; to hold together
• 违to disobey; to violate; to separate
• 唯only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义
• 惟-ism; only
• 韦soft leather
• 闱door to women's room; gate to palace
• 圩dike
• 囗enclosure
• 桅mast
• 帷curtain; screen