Read Edit View history 維 Wéiwéi hold together, maintain Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 隹 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas wéi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 维 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 糹 is a component form of 糸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 維 Simp strokes 維 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 維 Simp strokes 維 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 維 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 275, 821 ], [ 290, 806 ], [ 306, 772 ], [ 237, 631 ], [ 189, 551 ], [ 173, 505 ], [ 198, 501 ], [ 284, 508 ], [ 304, 519 ] ], [ [ 368, 651 ], [ 384, 628 ], [ 387, 610 ], [ 342, 531 ], [ 223, 365 ], [ 220, 332 ], [ 255, 333 ], [ 333, 369 ], [ 359, 377 ], [ 364, 372 ] ], [ [ 361, 427 ], [ 407, 360 ] ], [ [ 119, 191 ], [ 125, 174 ], [ 173, 106 ], [ 180, 59 ] ], [ [ 253, 223 ], [ 294, 178 ], [ 307, 148 ] ], [ [ 355, 281 ], [ 401, 234 ], [ 412, 197 ] ], [ [ 563, 825 ], [ 599, 784 ], [ 581, 730 ], [ 506, 577 ], [ 456, 500 ], [ 421, 462 ] ], [ [ 518, 548 ], [ 520, 514 ], 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338 424 352 Q 428 362 424 382 Q 420 397 402 409 Q 375 431 363 436 Q 356 440 352 430 Q 349 426 365 389 L 374 372 Z", "M 120 145 Q 136 109 153 67 Q 160 51 174 44 Q 184 40 193 50 Q 203 60 208 90 Q 211 112 189 140 Q 164 165 135 189 Q 123 199 117 199 Q 111 198 107 185 Q 106 175 120 145 Z", "M 242 214 Q 282 141 302 133 Q 314 129 323 144 Q 327 156 323 176 Q 311 210 252 237 Q 245 241 241 230 Q 237 223 242 214 Z", "M 362 248 Q 377 226 392 198 Q 399 185 411 182 Q 418 181 425 189 Q 432 199 432 223 Q 432 239 412 256 Q 364 293 352 290 Q 348 289 346 279 Q 346 269 362 248 Z", "M 515 557 Q 596 692 606 713 Q 622 753 640 772 Q 647 784 642 796 Q 636 808 606 827 Q 579 840 561 839 Q 543 835 553 815 Q 565 794 558 759 Q 521 630 423 478 Q 414 468 413 461 Q 412 451 424 454 Q 439 460 487 517 L 515 557 Z", "M 557 137 Q 554 405 563 469 Q 572 499 560 510 Q 541 532 527 547 Q 521 554 515 557 C 492 577 472 543 487 517 Q 488 513 493 507 Q 514 468 514 353 Q 514 212 483 83 Q 470 37 505 -15 Q 506 -19 511 -23 Q 530 -41 543 -11 Q 555 25 557 110 L 557 137 Z", "M 697 700 Q 722 678 750 651 Q 763 639 778 639 Q 788 640 793 653 Q 797 666 789 695 Q 780 725 693 746 Q 678 750 672 747 Q 668 743 668 731 Q 672 721 697 700 Z", "M 738 544 Q 871 578 876 582 Q 883 589 879 597 Q 872 607 845 614 Q 817 618 791 606 Q 751 591 706 578 Q 657 565 599 558 Q 566 551 590 537 Q 623 521 696 534 L 738 544 Z", "M 761 408 Q 791 417 824 424 Q 852 431 856 436 Q 863 443 859 450 Q 852 460 827 465 Q 791 471 762 452 L 712 436 Q 672 427 626 420 Q 595 414 618 400 Q 649 382 712 397 L 761 408 Z", "M 757 285 Q 845 306 852 310 Q 859 317 855 325 Q 848 335 821 342 Q 790 346 758 331 L 712 317 Q 685 310 627 302 Q 594 296 618 281 Q 657 262 708 274 Q 709 275 712 274 L 757 285 Z", "M 754 168 Q 755 229 757 285 L 758 331 Q 759 371 761 408 L 762 452 Q 762 468 765 496 Q 774 521 738 544 C 714 561 686 562 696 534 Q 706 512 712 436 L 712 397 Q 712 366 712 317 L 712 274 Q 712 225 712 161 C 712 131 753 138 754 168 Z", "M 712 161 Q 639 151 557 137 C 527 132 529 120 557 110 Q 581 98 626 106 Q 744 134 911 135 Q 927 134 941 135 Q 959 135 964 143 Q 968 153 953 167 Q 899 206 843 187 Q 804 180 754 168 L 712 161 Z" ] } 14 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 simplified.