幃
wéi

curtain that forms wall

Components

巾
巾 Meaning component
jīn cloth

curtain

韋
韋 Sound component
(surround a city), tanned leather

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷɯl
Unicodehiuəi

說文解字

囊也。从巾韋聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

帏 wéi curtain that forms wall Simplified

Components

巾
巾 Meaning component
jīn cloth

curtain

韦
韦 Sound component
wéi, huí tanned leather

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode