• 520th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 80 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wéi (Wei2)abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2 wu2 er3] • surname Wei
2. wéi (wei2)to preserve • to maintain • to hold together • dimension • vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

思维 (思維)
维修 (維修)
维多利亚 (維多利亞)
维持 (維持)
维生素 (維生素)
维护 (維護)
纤维 (纖維)

Medium Frequency

三维 (三維)
二维 (二維)
四维 (四維)
塞尔维亚 (塞爾維亞)
塞维利亚 (塞維利亞)
恭维 (恭維)
戴维斯 (戴維斯)
拉斯维加斯 (拉斯維加斯)
玻利维亚 (玻利維亞)
 ()
维也纳 (維也納)
维他命 (維他命)
维吾尔 (維吾爾)
维和 (維和)
维基 (維基)
维基百科 (維基百科)
维多利亚港 (維多利亞港)
维度 (維度)
维拉 (維拉)
维族 (維族)
维权 (維權)
维港 (維港)
维纳斯 (維納斯)
维系 (維繫)
纤维素 (纖維素)
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  • 739th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 74 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph availableNo glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiū (Xiu1)surname Xiu
2. xiū (xiu1)to decorate • to embellish • to repair • to build • to study • to write • to cultivate

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
修复 (修復)
修身 
装修 (裝修)

Medium Frequency

修剪 
修女 
修好 
修建 
修改 
修正 
修炼 (修煉)
修理 
修行 
修补 (修補)
修长 (修長)
修饰 (修飾)
修养 (修養)
必修 
必修课 (必修課)
维修 (維修)
重修 
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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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