wèi

luxuriant

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

grass

尉 sound component

  Sound component

wèi

  

officer

Evolution

蔚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蔚 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
蔚 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

wèi

luxuriant, thick; ornamental; Artemisia japonica; luxuriant; resplendent; impressive

 

surname Yu; place name

Most common words with 蔚
Freq.
Word
Meaning

luxuriant

蔚蓝

azure

蔚然成风

to become a general trend

蔚山

Ulsan Metropolitan City in South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道[Qìng​shàng​nán​dào], South Korea

蔚县

Yu county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[Zhāng​jiā​kǒu], Hebei

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ʔut-s

'jw+jH

wèi

Artemisia

*ʔut

'jut

Artemisia


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3188th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+851A

Shuowen

“蔚,牡蒿也。从艸,尉聲。”


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