wēi

winding

Components
辶 meaning component

  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

walk

委 sound component

  Sound component

wěiwēi

  

bent, winding

Evolution

逶 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
逶 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
逶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
逶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
逶 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

wēi

winding, curving; swagger

Most common words with 逶
Freq.
Word
Meaning

逶迤

curved

swagger

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5185th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+9036

Shuowen

“逶,逶迆,衺去之皃。从辵,委聲。蟡,或从虫、為。”


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