帷

wéi

noun #45,066

Measure Word

一幅帷幔 fú

Meanings

1 curtain
2 drape
3 screen of cloth

Examples

HSK 7-9

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.

HSK 7-9

车窗上挂着一幅厚厚的帷幔。

Chēchuāng shàng guà zhe yì fú hòuhòu de 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

帷