Phonetic Families & Components

Sound Roots & Semantic Radicals Explorer

Decode Chinese characters by their shared sound roots and see how semantic radicals split their meanings across tones.

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韦

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

韦 (wéi)

surname Wei; soft leather

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Family Characters

HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (韦)

How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:

4 Active Tones

Tone 1yī

Tone 2wéi

Tone 3wěi

Tone 4huì

Family Characters (13)

Root: 韦

韦

wéi

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

surname Wei; soft leather

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伟

wěi

HSK 3

亻(person)

great, grand, mighty

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围

wéi

HSK 3

囗(enclosure)

to encircle, surround

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违

wéi

HSK 5

辶(walking)

to disobey, violate, or go against

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纬

wěi

HSK 7

纟(silk)

latitude

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讳

huì

HSK 7

讠(speech)

to avoid mentioning, taboo word

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帏

wéi

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巾(cloth)

curtain; women's apartment

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炜

wěi

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火(fire)

glowing; bright

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玮

wěi

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王(jade)

(reddish jade); precious

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祎

yī

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礻(spirit)

excellent; precious

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苇

wěi

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艹(plants)

reed; rush

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闱

wéi

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门(door)

door to women's room; gate to palace

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韪

wěi

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是(right)

correct; right

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