Memory phrase for the character: 维

维

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Meaning to preserve, to maintain, to hold together

Pronunciation

wéi

Explanation

Left: thread 纟/糸, right: bird 隹

Mnemonic
 
The thread at the bird will preserve and keep it. (against flying away)

Radicals

糸 threadIt has in its upper part the radical "short thread" 幺.
隹 short tailed birdAlso this 鳥 is seen as a bird.
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 Vocabulary

维新 wéi xīn  a reformation; a political renewal
高维代数簇 gāo wéi dài shù cù  (math.) higher dimensional algebraic variety
恭维 gōng wei  to flatter or give a compliment
维吾尔族 Wéi wú ěr zú  Uighur (Uyghur) ethnic group of Xinjiang
纤维素 xiān wéi sù  cellulose
苏维埃 Sū wéi āi  Soviet (council)
纤维 xiān wéi  fiber
维护 wéi hù  to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain
维持 wéi chí  to keep; to maintain; to preserve
思维 sī wéi  (line of) thought; thinking
维多利亚瀑布 Wéi duō lì yà pù bù  Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya on the Zambesi River, between Zambia and Zimbabwe
维多利亚瀑布 Wéi duō lì yà pù bù  

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