wéi

tanned leather

How it’s built

Simplified form of 韋. Pictograph of two feet walking around city walls. The character is based on the original meaning "to surround", which is unrelated to the modern meaning.

Through the ages

Oracle bone script

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 韦 as a component, most common first.

围wéito surround 伟wěigreat 违wéito violate 纬wěiwarp and woof 讳huìtaboo 韧rèntough 苇wěireed

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