萎
to wither; to drop; to decline; spiritless; Taiwan pr. [wei1]
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,067 U+840E
How 萎 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “plant”) + 委 (phonetic, wěi)
How to remember it
wilt · Heisig RSH #2022
flower + 委 committee
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 委
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 委 (wěi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 委 sound component | wěi | to appoint, to commission, to send |
| 矮 | ǎi | short, low; dwarf |
| 魏 | wèi | the kingdom of Wei; surname |
| 倭 | wō | dwarf; dwarfish, short |
| 诿 | wěi | to shirk, to pass the buck, to make excuses |
| 痿 | wěi | paralysis; impotence |
| 逶 | wēi | winding, curving; to swagger |
Words containing 萎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肌肉萎缩症 | jī ròu wěi suō zhèng | muscular dystrophy |
| 哲人其萎 | zhé rén qí wěi | a wise man has passed away (idiom) |
| 阳萎 | yáng wěi | variant of 陽痿|阳痿[yang2 wei3] |
| 萎靡不振 | wěi mǐ bù zhèn | dispirited and listless (idiom); downcast |
| 枯萎病 | kū wěi bìng | blight |
| 萎叶 | wěi yè | betel |
| 萎缩 | wěi suō | to wither; to dry up (of a plant); to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc) |
| 枯萎 | kū wěi | to wilt; to wither; wilted; withered; drained; enervated; exhausted |
| 颓萎 | tuí wěi | listless; dispirited |
| 萎靡 | wěi mǐ | listless; dispirited; lacking in vigor; languishing |
| 萎蕤 | wěi ruí | angular Solomon's seal (Polygonatum odoratum) |