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苇

wěi

Character Traditional 葦

What 苇 means

1. reed
2. rush
3. Phragmites communis

Words starting with 苇

• 苇席wěi xíreed mat
• 苇箔wěi bóreed matting; reed screen
• 苇鹀wěi wú(bird species of China) Pallas's reed bunting (Emberiza pallasi)

Words containing 苇

• 芦苇lú wěireed
• 芦苇荡lú wěi dàngreedy wetland
• 大苇莺dà wěi yīng(bird species of China) great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
• 芦苇莺lú wěi yīng(bird species of China) common reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
• 厚嘴苇莺hòu zuǐ wěi yīng(bird species of China) thick-billed warbler (Arundinax aedon)
• 噪大苇莺zào dà wěi yīng(bird species of China) clamorous reed warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)
• 布氏苇莺Bù shì wěi yīng(bird species of China) Blyth's reed warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
• 水蒲苇莺shuǐ pú wěi yīng(bird species of China) sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
• 稻田苇莺dào tián wěi yīng(bird species of China) paddyfield warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)
• 细纹苇莺xì wén wěi yīng(bird species of China) speckled reed warbler (Acrocephalus sorghophilus)
• 远东苇莺Yuǎn dōng wěi yīng(bird species of China) Manchurian reed warbler (Acrocephalus tangorum)
• 钝翅苇莺dùn chì wěi yīng(bird species of China) blunt-winged warbler (Acrocephalus concinens)
• 黑眉苇莺hēi méi wěi yīng(bird species of China) black-browed reed warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps)
• 东方大苇莺dōng fāng dà wěi yīng(bird species of China) oriental reed warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis)
• 小苇鳽xiǎo wěi jiān(bird species of China) little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
• 栗苇鳽lì wěi yán(bird species of China) cinnamon bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus)
• 黄苇鳽huáng wěi yán(bird species of China) yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)
• 红颈苇鹀hóng jǐng wěi wú(bird species of China) ochre-rumped bunting; Japanese reed bunting (Emberiza yessoensis)
• 紫背苇鳽zǐ bèi wěi yán(bird species of China) von Schrenck's bittern (Ixobrychus eurhythmus)

Characters built on 韦

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

• 围wéito encircle; to surround; all around
• 违wéito disobey; to violate; to separate
• 伟wěibig; large; great
• 纬wěilatitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft
• 玮wěi(reddish jade); precious; rare
• 炜wěiglowing; bright; brilliant
• 闱wéidoor to women's room; gate to palace
• 韪wěicorrect; right

Characters that look like 苇

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

• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 昂ángto lift; to raise; to raise one's head
• 旱hàndrought
• 苹píng(artemisia); duckweed
• 芸yúncommon rue (Ruta graveolens)…
• 帛bósilk

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
• 玮(reddish jade); precious; rare
• 娓used in 娓娓
• 炜glowing; bright; brilliant
• 猥humble; rustic; plentiful
• 痿atrophy