薳

薳 · wěi

name of a herb; surname; (Cant.) a plant stem

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
wěi
Cantonese
jyun5
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

name of a herb; surname; (Cant.) a plant stem

Dictionary definitions & readings

薳 wěi · (arch.) type of grass

薳 Wěi · surname Wei

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53299.090:wěi,yuǎn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
383.180:wěi Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
オン イ エン Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
韋委 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TYGV Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4430.3 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1062.490 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
243.35 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+85B3
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
14
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7838

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
薳
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

䓕

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
hjweX · 韋委 · 止合三上支云 · #1216

PHONO-ML, source line 9114; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCheungBauerIndex
467.08
kCihaiT
1174.301
kDaeJaweon
1527.260
kHanYu
53299.090
kIRGDaeJaweon
1527.260
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53299.090
kIRGKangXi
1062.490
kKangXi
1062.490
kMorohashi
32195 32195:E0100
kSBGY
243.35
kCangjie
TYGV
kCheungBauer
162/14;;jyun5
kFourCornerCode
4430.3
kMojiJoho
MJ022993 MJ022993:E0100 MJ022992:E0101
kPhonetic
1632
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-6B27
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F0A9
kIRG_JSource
JMJ-022993
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-702B
kIRG_KSource
K2-5A32
kIRG_TSource
T2-6273
kRSUnicode
140.14
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
F0A9
kCCCII
23266E
kCNS1986
2-6273
kCNS1992
2-6273
kEACC
23266E
kGB3
7507
kGB8
9446
kMainlandTelegraph
5652
kTGH
2013:7838
kTaiwanTelegraph
5652
kXerox
306:163
kCantonese
jyun5
kDefinition
name of a herb; surname; (Cant.) a plant stem
kFanqie
韋委
kHanyuPinyin
53299.090:wěi,yuǎn
kJapanese
オン イ エン
kMandarin
wěi
kTGHZ2013
383.180:wěi
kSimplifiedVariant
U+44D5

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 薳0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 遠 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱艹遠$(GHTKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹遠$(GHTKP)

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