wéi

county in Shandong province

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

wéi county in Shandong province Simplified

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
wéi hold together, maintain

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode