渭

the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 (semantic, “water”) + 胃 (phonetic, wèi)

components: 氵胃

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 胃

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 胃 (wèi) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
胃 sound component	wèi	stomach
谓	wèi	to call, to say, to tell; name, title; meaning
猬	wèi	porcupine, hedgehog; many, varied; vulgar, low
喟	kuì	heave sigh, sigh

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
渭南市	Wèi nán Shì	Weinan, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province 陝西省\|陕西省[Shan3 xi1 Sheng3]
渭城区	Wèi chéng Qū	Weicheng, a district of Xianyang City 咸陽市\|咸阳市[Xian2 yang2 Shi4], Shaanxi
通渭县	Tōng wèi Xiàn	Tongwei, a county in Dingxi City 定西市[Ding4 xi1 Shi4], Gansu
渭源县	Wèi yuán Xiàn	Weiyuan, a county in Dingxi City 定西市[Ding4 xi1 Shi4], Gansu
临渭区	Lín wèi Qū	Linwei, a district of Weinan City 渭南市[Wei4 nan2 Shi4], Shaanxi
渭水	Wèi Shuǐ	Wei River in Shaanxi, through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原\|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]
渭滨区	Wèi bīn Qū	Weibin, a district of Baoji City 寶雞市\|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi
渭南	Wèi nán	see 渭南市[Wei4 nan2 Shi4]
渭城	Wèi chéng	see 渭城區\|渭城区[Wei4 cheng2 Qu1]
通渭	Tōng wèi	see 通渭縣\|通渭县[Tong1 wei4 Xian4]
渭河	Wèi Hé	Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原\|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]
渭源	Wèi yuán	see 渭源縣\|渭源县[Wei4 yuan2 Xian4]
泾渭分明	Jīng Wèi fēn míng	as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom); to be entirely different
临渭	Lín wèi	see 臨渭區\|临渭区[Lin2 wei4 Qu1]
渭滨	Wèi bīn	see 渭濱區\|渭滨区[Wei4 bin1 Qu1]
徐渭	Xú Wèi	Xu Wei (1521-1593), Ming dynasty Chinese painter and author