帷

wéi

noun #45,066

Measure Word

一幅帷幔 fú

Meanings

1 curtain
2 drape
3 screen of cloth

Examples

将军在帷幄之中指挥战斗。

Jiāngjūn zài wéi wò zhī zhōng zhǐhuī zhàndòu.

The general directed the battle from inside the command tent.

车窗上挂着一幅厚厚的帷幔。

Chēchuāng shàng guà zhe yì fú hòuhòude wéi màn.

A heavy cloth curtain hung at the carriage window.

Tips

history

运筹帷幄 ('to strategize within the command tent') is a famous idiom for masterful planning. The 帷 is the cloth wall of a general's field tent, where battles were plotted out of sight.

Components

radical

巾 jīn

cloth; towel

The cloth radical, picturing a hanging piece of fabric. It tells you 帷 is a textile object: a curtain or tent wall made of cloth.

phonetic

隹 zhuī

short-tailed bird

Gives the sound, with zhuī shifting to wéi. It carries no bird meaning here; it is purely the phonetic half of this cloth word.

Stroke Order

帷 wéi

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