韦 (wéi): surname Wei, soft leather
韦 (wéi) is a Chinese character meaning “soft leather.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 三 (structural) and 丨 (structural). It ranks #1639 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- surname Wei
- soft leather
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 韦德 | wéi dé | Wade (name) |
| 韦伯measure | wéi bó | weber (unit of magnetic flux, Wb) |
| 韦利 | wéi lì | Waley or Whaley (name) |
| 津巴布韦proper-noun | jīn bā bù wéi | Zimbabwe |
| 查韦斯 | chá wéi sī | Chavez, Spanish name |
| 韦科 | wéi kē | Waco |
| 热尔韦 | rè ěr wéi | Gervais (name) |
| 麦克斯韦proper-noun | mài kè sī wéi | Maxwell (name) |
| 韦格纳 | wéi gé nà | ... |
| 比亚韦斯托克 | bǐ yà wéi sī tuō kè | Białystok, city in Poland |
| 韦应物 | wéi yìng wù | Wei Yingwu (c. 737 – c. 792), Tang dynasty poet |
| 布衣韦带 | bù yī wéi dài | in hemp cloth and with a leather belt |
| 奥司他韦noun | ào sī tā wéi | (loanword) oseltamivir |
| 韦编三绝phrase | wéi biān sān jué | lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times |
| 韦斯卡 | wéi sī kǎ | Uesca or Huesca, Spain |
韦 appears in 32 compound words: 50 as the first character, 25 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 韦 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
了解韦字的来源，有助于理解中国文化。
le jiě Wéi zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ jiě zhōng guó wén huà .
Understanding the origin of the character "韦" helps in understanding Chinese culture.
...榜全球前五;多家锂矿企业回应,预计津巴布韦锂矿出口有望在一个月内恢复-FX168
. . . bǎng quán qiú qián wǔ ; duō jiā 锂 kuàng qǐ yè huí yīng , yù jì jīn bā bù Wéi 锂 kuàng chū kǒu yǒu wàng zài yī gè yuè nèi huī fù F X 1 6 8
...Ranked among the top five globally; Several lithium mining companies have responded, predicting that Zimbabwe's lithium exports are expected to resume within a month - FX168
供应警报拉响!津巴布韦全面叫停锂精矿出口 碳酸锂期货、锂矿股联...
gōng yīng jǐng bào lā xiǎng ! jīn bā bù Wéi quán miàn jiào tíng 锂 jīng kuàng chū kǒu tàn suān 锂 qī huò , 锂 kuàng gǔ lián . . .
Supply Alert: Zimbabwe Halts All Lithium Concentrate Exports; Lithium Carbonate Futures and Lithium Mining Stocks...
... 宁德时代(03750)跌近6% 津巴布韦收紧锂精矿出口或推升锂价
. . . nìng dé shí dài ( 0 3 7 5 0 ) diē jìn 6 jīn bā bù Wéi shōu jǐn 锂 jīng kuàng chū kǒu huò tuī shēng 锂 jià
... CATL (03750) fell nearly 6% as Zimbabwe's tightening of lithium concentrate export controls may drive up lithium prices
...US)第四季度营收同比增长73% 津巴布韦暂停出口锂精矿和原矿
. . . U S ) dì sì jì dù yíng shōu tóng bǐ zēng cháng 7 3 jīn bā bù Wéi zàn tíng chū kǒu 锂 jīng kuàng hé yuán kuàng
...US) Q4 revenue up 73% year-over-year; Zimbabwe suspends exports of lithium concentrate and ore
Character Family
韦 Radical Family — Characters sharing the soft leather radical
Homophones — Characters pronounced wéi
Frequently Asked Questions
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