嵬

wéi

adjective

Meanings

1 towering; lofty and rugged (of mountains)

Characters

嵬

wéi

towering; lofty

Examples

崔嵬的山峰直插云霄。

Cuī wéi de shānfēng zhí chā yún xiāo.

The towering peaks pierced into the clouds.

马嵬坡是杨贵妃丧命的地方。

Mǎ wéi pō shì Yáng guìfēi sàngmìng de dìfang.

At Mawei Slope, Yang Guifei met her end.

Tips

culture

Often paired in 崔嵬 ('towering and rugged'). It also appears in the place name 马嵬坡, where Tang forces forced the death of Yang Guifei during the An Lushan rebellion.

Components

radical

山 shān

mountain

The mountain radical on top. It marks 嵬 as a word describing mountains, here their towering, rugged height.

phonetic

鬼 guǐ

ghost; spirit

Supplies the sound below. Standalone 鬼 is guǐ, drifted to wéi here. The same phonetic appears in 魏 and 巍.

Stroke Order

嵬 wéi

嵬