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逶

wēi

Character

What 逶 means

1. used in {逶迤|wēi yí}

Words starting with 逶

• 逶迤wēi yí(literary) (of roads, rivers, mountain ranges etc) long and winding; meandering

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
• 痿wěiatrophy
• 诿wěito shirk; to give excuses

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
• 葳luxuriant
• 隈bay; cove
• 揻(dialect) to bend (a long and thin object)