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葳

wēi

Character

What 葳 means

1. luxuriant

Words starting with 葳

• 葳蕤wēi ruílush (vegetation); lethargic

Characters that look like 葳

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

• 装zhuāngadornment; to adorn; dress
• 廉liánincorruptible; honest; inexpensive
• 菌jūngerm; bacteria; fungus
• 蒸zhēngto evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 崴wǎito sprain (one's ankle); see 崴子
• 菡hànlotus blossom

Sounds the same

Read wēi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 危danger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 微tiny; miniature; slightly
• 威power; might; prestige
• 薇Osmunda regalis, a species of fern; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 偎to cuddle
• 煨to simmer; to roast in ashes
• 委used in 委蛇
• 巍lofty; towering; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 崴high, lofty; precipitous
• 隈bay; cove
• 逶used in 逶迤
• 揻(dialect) to bend (a long and thin object)

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• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wēi correctly.
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