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wéi

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wéi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wéi | wei2
English translation
enclosure; border

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About wéi

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Number of strokes

3

Radical frequency

118

Traditional form

wéi

Contains the radical

wéi

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Etymology of wéi

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Positional decomposition

冂一

Explanation

Pictograph of a wall surrounding an area. Component form of Wéi (traditional wéi ).

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Example sentences using wéi

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他们 tā men zài dào de chà wéi 处分 chǔfèn 道而 háng .

Their paths diverged at the fork in the road.

清除 qīngchú 庭院 tíng yuàn de 杂草 zá cǎo shì jiàn 使 shǐ 人囗 de 工作 gōngzuò .

Weeding the garden is a thirsty job.

Words with wéi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
wéi enclosure wéi

wéi Decomposition & Compounds

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