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渭

Wèi

Character

What 渭 means

1. the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain {关中平原|Guān zhōng Píng yuán}

Words starting with 渭

• 渭水Wèi ShuǐWei River in Shaanxi, through the Guanzhong Plain 关中平原
• 渭河Wèi HéWei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 关中平原
• 渭南市Wèi nán ShìWeinan, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province 陕西省
• 渭城区Wèi chéng QūWeicheng, a district of Xianyang City 咸阳市
• 渭源县Wèi yuán XiànWeiyuan, a county in Dingxi City 定西市
• 渭滨区Wèi bīn QūWeibin, a district of Baoji City 宝鸡市
• 渭南Wèi nánsee 渭南市
• 渭城Wèi chéngsee 渭城区
• 渭源Wèi yuánsee 渭源县
• 渭滨Wèi bīnsee 渭滨区

Words containing 渭

• 徐渭Xú WèiXu Wei (1521-1593), Ming dynasty Chinese painter and author
• 临渭区Lín wèi QūLinwei, a district of Weinan City 渭南市
• 通渭县Tōng wèi XiànTongwei, a county in Dingxi City 定西市
• 泾渭分明Jīng Wèi fēn míngas rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom); to be entirely different
• 临渭Lín wèisee 临渭区
• 通渭Tōng wèisee 通渭县

Characters built on 胃

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

• 谓wèito speak; to say; to name
• 猬wèi(bound form) hedgehog

Characters that look like 渭

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

• 罪zuìguilt; crime; fault
• 滑huáto slip; to slide; slippery; smooth; sly; slippery; not to be trusted
• 滞zhì(bound form) sluggish; stagnant
• 萧xiāo(old) Chinese mugwort; (bound form) desolate; dreary
• 菏HéHe river in Shandong
• 巽xùnto obey; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; ☴

Sounds the same

Read Wèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 位position; location; place
• 喂hey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
• 未not yet; did not; have not
• 卫to guard; to protect; to defend
• 味taste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel
• 谓to speak; to say; to name
• 慰to comfort; to console; to reassure
• 胃stomach
• 畏to fear
• 魏tower over a palace gateway (old)
• 蔚Artemisia japonica; luxuriant; resplendent
• 尉military officer