Memory phrase for the Kanji: 韦
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韦 |
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Meaning
| soft leather
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Pronunciation |
wéi |
Explanation |
Top: two layers 二, below: sword 刀, with it's blade 丨 drawn upwards between the layers |
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Two layers are separated with the sword's blade to produce leather.
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Radicals
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韦
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soft leather | untanned 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. |
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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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