Chinese Character 维 Meanings and components.

Form

维

Meaning

维 meaning[3] in English

Abbr. For Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2 Wu2 Er3].

Surname Wei.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 维 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'silk' radical in … (纟) , and short-tailed bird (隹)

Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with VMOG

How to write 维

To write维wei2abbr. for … you should write a combination of 纟si1'silk' radical … , 隹zhui1short-tailed bird arranged in a 吅 shape:

纟 + 隹 = 维

维 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

维
Pinyin:wei2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2 Wu2 Er3] . Surname Wei
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
隹
Pinyin:zhui1
Meaning[3]: Short-Tailed Bird

Notes

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

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

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