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痿

wěi

Character

What 痿 means

1. atrophy

Example sentences

• 酗酒是导致阳痿的一个因素。
  Xùjiǔ shì dǎozhì yángwěi de yī gè yīnsù.
  Excessive drinking is one of the causes of impotence.

Words containing 痿

• 阳痿yáng wěi(medicine) impotence

Characters built on 委

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

• 魏wèitower over a palace gateway (old)
• 萎wěito wither; to drop; to decline
• 诿wěito shirk; to give excuses
• 逶wēiused in 逶迤

Characters that look like 痿

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

• 痪huànused in 瘫痪
• 瘘lòufistula; ulceration
• 瘩daused in 疙瘩
• 痣zhìbirthmark; mole
• 痞pǐconstipation; lump in the abdomen
• 瘙sàoitch; old term for scabies; Taiwan pr. sāo

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