韋

See also 韦

Translingual

Stroke order

simplified	韦
traditional	韋

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): 舛 + 囗 – footsteps around an enclosure.

Han character

韋 (radical 178 韋+0, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木一口手 (DMRQ), four-corner 4050₆)

1. tanned leather
2. used as a surname
3. KangXi radical number 178

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/韋
• 違 圍 衛
• 𩏇, 𩏷, 𩏑, 𢾝, 𩏬, 𩏏, 𠆎

Descendants

• 韦
• 井 (in Japanese compound characters such as 囲)

References

• KangXi: page 1393, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43108
• Dae Jaweon: page 1908, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4503, character 1
• Unihan data for U+97CB

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Cantonese

Hanzi

韋 (simplified 韦, Yale wai4)

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Japanese

Kanji

韋

Readings

• On: い (i)
• Kun: なめしがわ (nameshigawa), そむく (somuku)

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Korean

Hanja

韋 (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune-Reischauer wi, Yale wi)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

韋 (simplified 韦, pinyin wéi (wei2), Wade-Giles wei²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

韋 (vi)