Memory phrase for the character: 韦

韦

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Meaning

soft leather

Pronunciation

wéi

Explanation

 Top: two layers 二, below: sword 刀, with it's blade 丨 drawn upwards between the layers

Mnemonic
 
Two layers are separated with the sword's blade to make leather.

Radicals

韦 soft leatheruntanned leather: The raw leather is spliced in two 二 layers with a longer blade丨 of a sword 刀 - The radical 革 stands for tanned leather. The radical 皮 is used for skin.




 Vocabulary

津巴布韦 Jīn bā bù wéi  Zimbabwe
韦尔弗雷兹 Wéi ěr fú léi zī  (George) Wehrfritz (Beijing bureau chief of Newsweek)
韦驮菩萨 Wéi tuó Pú sà  Skanda, the general or guardian Bodhisattva
阿昔洛韦 ā xī luò wéi  aciclovir (also spelled acyclovir), antiviral drug
阿昔洛韦 ā xī luò wéi  

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