wéi

county in Shandong province

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
wéi hold together, maintain

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

county in Shandong province Traditional

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
wéi hold together, maintain

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷi

說文解字

水。出琅邪箕屋山,東入海。徐州浸。《夏書》曰:“濰、淄其道。”从水維聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica