Chinese Character 萎 Meanings and components.

Form

萎

Meaning

萎 meaning[3] in English

To Wither.

To Drop.

To Decline.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 萎 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 … (艹) , and surname Wei (委)

Its radical[1] is: 艸 (cao3) which means: Variant Of 草[Cao3], .艸cao3variant of …

In cangjie it is written with THDV

How to write 萎

To write萎wei1to wither you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 委wei3surname Wei arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 委 = 萎

萎 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

萎
Pinyin:wei1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Wither . To Drop . To Decline . Spiritless . Taiwan Pr. [Wei1]
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
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

Notes

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

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

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