wěi

right

Components
是 meaning component

  Meaning component

shì

  

is

right

韋 sound component

  Sound component

wéi

  

(surround a city), tanned leather

Evolution

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

Seal script

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

Seal script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
韙 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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wěi

right; proper; propriety; correct

Most common words with 韙
Freq.
Word
Meaning

冒天下之大不韪

to face opprobrium (idiom)

correct

不韪

fault

冒大不韪

to face opprobrium (idiom)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5229th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

18

Simplified

Unicode

U+97D9

Shuowen

“韙,是也。从是,韋聲。《春秋傳》曰:‘犯五不韙。’愇,籀文韙从心。”


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