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帷

wéi

Character

What 帷 means

1. curtain
2. screen

Words starting with 帷

• 帷幕wéi mùheavy curtain
• 帷幔wéi màndrapery; curtain

Words containing 帷

• 运筹帷幄yùn chóu wéi wòlit. to devise battle plan in a tent (idiom); fig. planning strategies
• 窗帷chuāng wéicurtain
• 绣帷xiù wéitapestry
• 运筹帷幄之中，决胜千里之外yùn chóu wéi wò zhī zhōng , jué shèng qiān lǐ zhī wàia general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the…

Characters built on 隹

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

• 维wéito preserve; to maintain; to hold together
• 谁shéiwho; also pr. shuí
• 唯wéionly; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义
• 惟wéi-ism; only

Characters that look like 帷

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

• 维wéito preserve; to maintain; to hold together
• 帽màohat; cap
• 惟wéi-ism; only
• 惰duòlazy
• 悚sǒngfrightened
• 悸jìto palpitate

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
• 帏curtain; women's apartment; tent