Dictionary › 隈

隈

wēi

Character

What 隈 means

1. bay
2. cove

Characters built on 畏

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

• 喂wèihey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
• 猥wěihumble; rustic; plentiful
• 偎wēito cuddle
• 煨wēito simmer; to roast in ashes

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
• 逶used in 逶迤
• 揻(dialect) to bend (a long and thin object)