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猥

wěi

Character

What 猥 means

1. humble
2. rustic
3. plentiful

Words starting with 猥

• 猥亵wěi xièobscene; indecent; to indecently assault
• 猥琐wěi suǒwretched (esp. appearance); vulgar
• 猥亵性暴露wěi xiè xìng bào lùindecent exposure; flashing
• 猥獕wěi cuīvulgar; despicable; abject

Words containing 猥

• 淫猥yín wěiobscene; indecent
• 贪猥无厌tān wěi wú yànavaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied

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)
• 偎wēito cuddle
• 煨wēito simmer; to roast in ashes
• 隈wēibay; cove

Characters that look like 猥

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

• 眼yǎneye; (often used with 一; small hole
• 释shìto explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼
• 绸chóu(light) silk
• 偎wēito cuddle
• 猬wèi(bound form) hedgehog
• 滓zǐ(bound form) dregs; sediment

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
• 痿atrophy