• 457th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 42 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wěi (Wei3)surname Wei
2. wēi (wei1)same as 逶 in 逶迤 winding, curved
3. wěi (wei3)to entrust • to cast aside • to shift (blame etc) • to accumulate • roundabout • winding • dejected • listless • committee member • council • end • actually • certainly

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

委屈 

Medium Frequency

中纪委 (中紀委)
 
委内瑞拉 (委內瑞拉)
委员 (委員)
委员会 (委員會)
委婉 
委曲 
委托 (委託)
居委会 (居委會)
市委 
常委 
常委会 (常委會)
政委 
村委会 (村委會)
发改委 (發改委)
省委 
立委 
纪委 (紀委)
评委 (評委)
部委 
党委 (黨委)
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  • 1064th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 82 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
No glyph availabletwocontainer
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Qu1)surname Qu
2. (qu1)bent • crooked • wrong
3. (qu3)tune • song • CL:支[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (qu1)The component is pronounced as '' (qu1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (qu3)The component is pronounced as '' (qu1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

单曲 (單曲)
 
歌曲 

Medium Frequency

交响曲 (交響曲)
作曲 
作曲家 
催眠曲 
协奏曲 (協奏曲)
名曲 
夜曲 
奏鸣曲 (奏鳴曲)
委曲 
序曲 
弯曲 (彎曲)
戏曲 (戲曲)
扭曲 
卷曲 (捲曲)
插曲 
曲奇 
曲子 
曲折 
曲目 
曲线 (曲線)
曲艺 (曲藝)
曲解 
曲调 (曲調)
乐曲 (樂曲)
神曲 
编曲 (編曲)
舞曲 
进行曲 (進行曲)
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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