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渭

wèi
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Meanings

  1. 1 the Wei River (a major tributary of the Yellow River in Shaanxi)

Examples

渭河发源于甘肃，流经关中平原。
Wèihé fāyuán yú Gānsù, liújīng Guānzhōng píngyuán.
The Wei River rises in Gansu and flows through the Guanzhong Plain.
泾河和渭河泾渭分明。
Jīnghé hé Wèihé jīngwèifēnmíng.
The Jing River and the Wei River are as clearly distinct as right and wrong.

Tips

culture
Famous from the idiom 泾渭分明, literally 'the Jing and Wei rivers are clearly distinct', used for a sharp, obvious distinction between right and wrong or good and bad.

Components

radical
氵 shuǐ
water
The three-drop water radical, the side form of 水. It marks this as the name of a river.
phonetic
胃 wèi
stomach
Provides the sound, read 胃 and unchanged here. It is purely the phonetic cue with no link to rivers.

In Pop Culture

泾渭分明 jīngwèifēnmíng
clearly distinguished (idiom)
Classic idiom from the visibly different waters of the clear Jing and muddy 渭 where they meet. Means a sharp, unmistakable distinction.

Stroke Order

渭 wèi