Read Edit View history 委 wěiwēiWěi HSK5 bent, winding Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts grain (禾) in a bent shape (𠃊). Pinyin Separate values with commas wěi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 委 Simp strokes 委 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Used here to depict a bent shape. Modern form looks like 女. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 委 Simp strokes 委 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 委 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 650, 780 ], [ 583, 801 ], [ 506, 767 ], [ 397, 739 ], [ 384, 741 ], [ 366, 733 ], [ 356, 737 ], [ 336, 725 ] ], [ [ 226, 596 ], [ 280, 589 ], [ 421, 615 ], [ 689, 648 ], [ 745, 642 ], [ 775, 632 ] ], [ [ 474, 733 ], [ 502, 716 ], [ 516, 698 ], [ 506, 557 ], [ 508, 426 ] ], [ [ 481, 597 ], [ 430, 533 ], [ 377, 484 ], [ 284, 426 ], [ 225, 403 ] ], [ [ 535, 602 ], [ 544, 585 ], [ 592, 545 ], [ 708, 465 ], [ 794, 452 ], [ 875, 449 ] ], [ [ 443, 421 ], [ 458, 404 ], [ 466, 378 ], [ 377, 218 ], [ 370, 192 ], [ 393, 175 ], [ 505, 132 ], [ 613, 78 ], [ 692, 29 ], [ 745, -27 ] ], [ [ 584, 341 ], [ 611, 314 ], [ 608, 272 ], [ 568, 175 ], [ 520, 110 ], [ 458, 61 ], [ 421, 43 ], [ 337, 19 ], [ 268, 13 ] ], [ [ 100, 274 ], [ 154, 262 ], [ 503, 302 ], 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732 Q 324 723 329 720 L 467 735 L 505 742 Z", "M 535 609 Q 616 618 763 617 Q 782 617 787 626 Q 793 636 776 650 Q 724 689 664 674 Q 610 664 539 650 L 486 641 Q 483 642 482 641 Q 365 625 228 606 Q 207 603 223 587 Q 236 574 254 569 Q 273 563 290 568 Q 365 590 450 599 L 535 609 Z", "M 539 650 Q 540 671 555 695 Q 561 704 550 716 Q 531 732 505 742 C 477 754 456 762 467 735 Q 467 732 469 728 Q 485 703 486 641 L 486 567 Q 485 497 480 469 Q 479 459 494 422 Q 503 407 516 415 Q 531 427 527 501 Q 527 544 530 583 L 539 650 Z", "M 450 599 Q 399 506 223 410 Q 205 400 220 398 Q 230 395 267 406 Q 310 416 352 442 Q 388 464 429 503 Q 462 533 486 567 C 516 608 476 643 450 599 Z", "M 530 583 Q 599 508 673 441 Q 695 420 731 422 Q 797 423 863 440 Q 879 443 881 448 Q 882 455 869 459 Q 695 501 595 567 Q 588 571 581 576 Q 551 598 535 609 L 533 609 C 507 624 510 605 530 583 Z", "M 537 89 Q 604 49 699 -25 Q 724 -46 742 -45 Q 763 -45 763 -25 Q 763 -6 734 40 Q 719 70 568 129 L 519 149 Q 452 176 405 189 Q 387 193 397 211 Q 419 250 437 276 L 461 314 Q 485 353 493 363 Q 503 370 501 379 Q 497 394 463 425 Q 453 435 442 432 Q 429 431 434 414 Q 441 390 431 368 Q 418 337 406 309 L 387 271 Q 368 237 350 214 Q 340 196 341 184 Q 342 174 361 169 Q 374 166 488 117 L 537 89 Z", "M 488 117 Q 413 53 257 17 Q 238 10 259 5 Q 433 -19 537 89 L 568 129 Q 605 180 627 240 Q 637 271 648 287 C 663 313 665 317 642 333 Q 612 357 582 353 Q 569 350 574 334 Q 575 331 577 326 L 579 285 Q 578 263 564 232 Q 546 184 519 149 L 488 117 Z", "M 648 287 Q 736 288 844 284 Q 931 281 938 290 Q 945 303 926 320 Q 868 368 825 359 Q 750 347 642 333 L 577 326 Q 498 320 461 314 L 406 309 Q 264 299 103 285 Q 79 284 96 263 Q 132 227 174 237 Q 274 261 387 271 L 437 276 Q 443 282 579 285 L 648 287 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss 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