wèi

name of a river in Shanxi

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

胃 sound component

  Sound component

wèi

  

stomach

Evolution

渭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
渭 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
渭 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

wèi

name of a river in Shanxi

 

Wèi

the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong 關中|关中 plain

Most common words with 渭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

泾渭分明

to be entirely different

the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong 關中|关中 plain

渭河

Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong 關中|关中[Guān​zhōng] plain

渭南

Weinan prefecture level city in Shaanxi

渭水

Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong 關中|关中 plain