颓萎
tuí​wěi

dispirited

颓 tuí ruined Simplified

A bald 秃 head 页; 秃 also provides the pronunciation

Components

秃
秃 SoundMeaning component
tū bald
页
页 Meaning component
yè page

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

萎 wěi, wēi, wèi wither

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 委 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

委
委 Sound component
wěi bent, winding

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqrol
qrols
Unicodeqyuɛ

說文解字

食牛也。从艸委聲。

Sources

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

頹 ruined Traditional

A bald 禿 head 頁; 禿 also provides the pronunciation

Components

禿
禿 SoundMeaning component
tū bald
頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (head), page

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl'uːl
Unicodedhuəi

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang