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洧

wěi

Character

What 洧 means

1. name of a river

Words starting with 洧

• 洧水Wěi shuǐriver in Henan

Sounds the same

Read wěi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 委to entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc)
• 伟big; large; great
• 尾tail; remainder; remnant
• 伪false; fake; forged
• 纬latitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft
• 萎to wither; to drop; to decline
• 唯yes
• 苇reed; rush; Phragmites communis
• 玮(reddish jade); precious; rare
• 娓used in 娓娓
• 炜glowing; bright; brilliant
• 猥humble; rustic; plentiful

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