煨
wēi

to stew

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire

fire

畏
畏 Sound component
wèi fear

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangquːl

說文解字

盆中火。从火畏聲。

Sources

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