wěi

right

Components

Meaning component
shì, shi is

right

Sound component
(surround a city), tanned leather

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷɯlʔ

說文解字

是也。从是韋聲。《春秋傳》曰:“犯五不韙。”

Sources

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

wěi right Simplified

Components

Meaning component
shì, shi is

right

Sound component
wéi, huí tanned leather

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode