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炜

煒
wěi
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 bright
  2. 2 glowing
  3. 3 brilliant

Examples

朝阳炜炜，光彩夺目。
Zhāoyáng wěi wěi, guāngcǎi duómù.
The morning sun was bright and dazzling.
炜字常用在人名里。
Wěi zì cháng yòng zài rénmíng lǐ.
The character 炜 often appears in given names.

Tips

culture
炜 means a bright, fiery glow. It is uncommon in ordinary words but very popular in personal names, where the radiant imagery is felt to be auspicious.

Components

radical
火 huǒ
fire
火 is the fire radical in left-side form, giving 炜 its sense of fiery brightness.
phonetic
韦 wéi
tanned leather
韦 supplies the sound (wéi shifted to wěi) and adds no meaning. The same phonetic appears in 伟, 围, and 违.

Stroke Order

炜 wěi