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韋

简韦 · 繁韋

Mandarin · pinyin wéi#

soft leather

Mandarin · pinyin Wéi#

surname Wei

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韦: wéi · tanned leather; surname; simplified form of Kangxi radical 178

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2 · wei2

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wai4 · wai5

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(archaic) tanned leather
original form of 圍／围 (wéi, “to surround”)
a surname
a surname — a surname from Zhuang Veiz

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