Read Edit View history 畏 wèi HSK7 fear Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a ghost (鬼) wielding a stick (卜), which is a fearful sight to behold. 鬼 is also a sound component. Pinyin Separate values with commas wèi × 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 畏 Simp strokes 畏 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a stick. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 畏 Simp strokes 畏 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 畏 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 282, 770 ], [ 301, 755 ], [ 318, 729 ], [ 372, 486 ] ], [ [ 328, 770 ], [ 353, 760 ], [ 452, 780 ], [ 630, 804 ], [ 688, 793 ], [ 713, 764 ], [ 667, 586 ], [ 647, 539 ], [ 653, 514 ] ], [ [ 404, 635 ], [ 448, 639 ], [ 574, 668 ], [ 615, 663 ] ], [ [ 485, 764 ], [ 508, 742 ], [ 510, 693 ], [ 506, 581 ], [ 490, 559 ] ], [ [ 389, 511 ], [ 408, 523 ], [ 617, 559 ] ], [ [ 123, 381 ], [ 176, 373 ], [ 382, 410 ], [ 787, 457 ], [ 853, 454 ], [ 903, 440 ] ], [ [ 301, 368 ], [ 329, 353 ], [ 337, 337 ], [ 327, 113 ], [ 338, 71 ], [ 384, 90 ], [ 506, 185 ] ], [ [ 711, 397 ], [ 727, 375 ], [ 730, 355 ], [ 650, 291 ], [ 624, 274 ], [ 611, 275 ] ], [ [ 436, 394 ], [ 473, 386 ], [ 483, 377 ], [ 630, 211 ], [ 721, 127 ], [ 772, 90 ], [ 827, 76 ], [ 959, 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655 488 671 510 Q 689 538 724 693 Q 734 726 758 751 Q 771 764 760 778 Q 744 796 701 824 Q 685 833 591 814 Q 588 814 435 791 Q 374 781 321 773 C 291 768 316 732 345 739 Q 399 752 478 765 L 520 770 Q 562 777 611 783 Q 648 787 660 774 Q 675 758 671 739 Q 640 580 624 564 C 610 537 605 541 607 538 Z", "M 530 639 Q 573 648 611 653 Q 633 657 625 669 Q 615 682 591 687 Q 569 690 532 679 L 485 666 Q 442 654 403 644 Q 387 640 406 627 Q 416 620 485 632 L 530 639 Z", "M 525 559 Q 526 602 530 639 L 532 679 Q 535 754 536 755 Q 529 762 520 770 C 498 790 470 794 478 765 Q 484 750 485 666 L 485 632 Q 485 599 485 551 C 485 521 524 529 525 559 Z", "M 386 504 Q 446 519 607 538 C 637 542 651 551 624 564 Q 617 568 607 571 Q 576 575 525 559 L 485 551 Q 433 542 385 531 C 356 524 357 497 386 504 Z", "M 478 403 Q 614 422 824 424 Q 905 421 912 433 Q 918 446 900 461 Q 837 506 772 486 Q 543 446 125 392 Q 103 389 120 371 Q 135 356 154 351 Q 176 345 194 350 Q 239 363 289 373 L 336 382 Q 379 392 430 397 L 478 403 Z", "M 289 373 Q 322 340 306 147 Q 303 137 302 127 Q 296 94 283 76 Q 268 52 278 29 Q 290 -7 309 -20 Q 321 -29 334 -7 Q 371 41 495 160 Q 514 176 515 185 Q 516 200 494 187 Q 371 109 360 114 Q 353 118 352 138 Q 359 289 368 328 Q 374 355 336 382 C 313 401 273 398 289 373 Z", "M 620 258 Q 654 273 676 285 Q 743 324 768 329 Q 790 336 781 355 Q 771 374 747 391 Q 726 407 713 406 Q 700 406 703 393 Q 704 363 646 314 Q 625 295 602 274 C 580 254 593 246 620 258 Z", "M 602 274 Q 541 338 478 403 C 457 425 405 413 430 397 Q 467 376 492 341 Q 726 47 767 37 Q 818 30 943 50 Q 962 53 969 62 Q 973 71 961 74 Q 786 128 736 163 Q 688 194 620 258 L 602 274 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are 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