wéi

mast of ship

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

危 sound component

  Sound component

wēi

  

dangerous

Evolution

桅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
桅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

wéi

mast of ship; mast

Most common words with 桅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

mast

桅杆

mast