Read Edit View history Discussion 苇 wěi reed Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 韦 represents the sound. Simplified form of 葦. Pinyin Separate values with commas wěi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 葦 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 艹 is a component form of 艸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 苇 Simp strokes 苇 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 苇 Simp strokes 苇 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 苇 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 197, 708 ], [ 738, 754 ], [ 835, 743 ] ], [ [ 347, 808 ], [ 393, 775 ], [ 418, 626 ] ], [ [ 612, 863 ], [ 650, 811 ], [ 581, 634 ] ], [ [ 305, 537 ], [ 396, 531 ], [ 712, 575 ] ], [ [ 305, 415 ], [ 703, 447 ] ], [ [ 167, 267 ], [ 220, 257 ], [ 457, 307 ], [ 770, 337 ], [ 816, 294 ], [ 730, 94 ], [ 703, 83 ], [ 628, 148 ] ], [ [ 461, 649 ], [ 514, 591 ], [ 503, -42 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M640,720Q703,729 818,721Q833,720 838,729Q844,739 831,754Q786,796 692,775Q677,772 662,769C623,763 623,763 603,760Q518,750 424,738C392,735 392,735 376,733Q295,726 207,717Q179,714 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