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猬

wèi

Character Traditional 蝟

What 猬 means

1. bound formhedgehog

Example sentences

• 刺猬很可爱。
  Cìwei hěn kě'ài.
  Hedgehogs are cute.
• 她说她从未见过有耳朵的刺猬。
  She says that she's never seen hedgehogs with ears.

Words containing 猬

• 刺猬cì weihedgehog

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
• 渭Wèithe Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 关中平原

Characters that look like 猬

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

• 照zhàoaccording to; in accordance with; to shine
• 缓huǎnslow; unhurried; sluggish
• 猩xīngape
• 猾huásly
• 猡luóused in 猪猡

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