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喂
wèiwéi HSK2

interjection to call attention

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Original meaning: to feed

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 畏 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
畏
畏 Sound component
wèi fear

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Character origin
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