逶 (wēi): (in 逶迤) winding; meandering (of…

Meanings

毛泽东诗云：「五岭逶迤腾细浪。」

Máo Zédōng shī yún ：「 Wǔlǐng wēiyí téng xìlàng 。」

Mao's poem writes: 'The Five Ridges wind on like rippling streams.'

山路逶迤不绝。

Shānlù wēiyí bù jué.

The mountain path wound on without end.

culture

Bound to 逶迤 — long and winding, used of rivers, roads and mountain ranges. Famous from Mao Zedong's line 五岭逶迤腾细浪 in his poem on the Long March.

radical

辶 chuò

motion; to walk

The walking radical 辶 wraps the bottom-left and is written last. It marks movement along a path — here a road or range that winds on and on.

phonetic

委 wěi

to entrust; (here) sound

Inner part 委 supplies the sound (wēi from wěi); the same phonetic appears in 倭 and 矮.

逶 wēi