Chinese Character 巍 Meanings and components.

Form

巍

Meaning

巍 meaning[3] in English

Lofty.

Towering.

Taiwan Pr. [Wei2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 巍 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Shan (山) , and surname Wei (魏)

Its radical[1] is: 山 (shan1) which means: Surname Shan, .山shan1surname Shan

In cangjie it is written with UHVI

How to write 巍

To write巍wei1lofty you should write a combination of 山shan1surname Shan , 魏wei4surname Wei arranged in a 吕 shape:

山 + 魏 = 巍

巍 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 巍 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 巍, looks as follow:

巍
Pinyin:wei1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Lofty . Towering . Taiwan Pr. [Wei2]
山
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shan
魏
Pinyin:wei4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Wei . Name Of Vassal State Of Zhou Dynasty From 661 Bc In Shanxi, One Of The Seven Hero Warring States . Wei State, Founded By Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1], One Of The Three Kingdoms After The Han Dynasty . The Wei Dynasty 221-265 . Wei Prefecture And Wei County At Different Historical Periods
委
Pinyin:wei3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Wei
禾
Pinyin:he2
Meaning[3]: Cereal . Grain
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
鬼
Pinyin:gui3
Meaning[3]: Ghost . Demon . Terrible . Damnable . Clever . Sly . Crafty . (Suffix For Sb With A Certain Vice Or Addiction Etc) . One Of The 28 Constellations

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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