韦 (wéi) — (bound form) leather; (surname) Wei
Definition
A bound form used almost exclusively as a surname (韦) today. In classical Chinese it also meant 'leather' (giving radicals/characters like 韦编三绝 'binding worn out three times'), but modern learners will mostly see it as a surname.
bound form
(bound form) leather(surname) Wei
Examples
- 韦，。Tā xìng wéi, shì wǒ men bān de bān zhǎng.His surname is Wei; he is our class monitor.
- 《》，韦。Kǒng zǐ dú 《yì》, wéi biān sān jué.Confucius read the Book of Changes, wearing out the leather binding three times.
- 韦。wéi Biān sān jué zhè ge chéng yǔ xíng róng xué xí fēi cháng qín fèn.The idiom 'Wei bian san jue' describes extremely diligent study.
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