wěi
adjective

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 2
Wěi zì cháng yòng zài rénmíng lǐ.
The character 炜 often appears in given names.
HSK 7-9
Zhāoyáng wěi wěi, guāngcǎi duómù.
The morning sun was bright and dazzling.

Tips

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

Stroke Order

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