韋

韋 U+97CB, 韋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97CB ← 韊 [U+97CA] CJK Unified Ideographs 韌 → [U+97CC]

⾱ U+2FB1, ⾱ KANGXI RADICAL TANNED LEATHER ← ⾰ [U+2FB0] Kangxi Radicals ⾲ → [U+2FB2]

Stroke order

韋 (Kangxi radical 178, 韋+0, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木一口手 (DMRQ), four-corner 4050₆, composition ⿳𫝀口㐄)

1. Kangxi radical #178, ⾱.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/韋
• 偉, 喡, 㙔, 媁, 𡺨, 幃, 𪫀, 徫, 愇, 𢯷, 湋, 違, 暐, 椲, 煒, 瑋, 𦝛, 禕, 𪾃, 𥀊, 𪾳, 𥔬, 稦, 𫁨, 褘, 緯, 䍷, 𦗇, 𧍫, 𫌱, 諱, 𫎞, 鍏, 𩋾, 颹, 𩤮, 𩳷, 𮬄
• 𭄵, 郼, 𢾁, 𢾝, 𣪡, 𦑻, 𨜢, 𩘚, 𭞈, 葦, 𥯤, 𤸆, 闈, 衛, 𠥎, 圍, 䘙

• 韦

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1393, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43108
• Dae Jaweon: page 1908, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4503, character 1
• Unihan data for U+97CB

trad.		韋
simp.		韦

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 舛 + 囗 – footsteps around an enclosure. Possibly the original character for 圍 (OC *ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯls, “to surround”). Phonetically borrowed to indicate "tanned leather".

The footprint on top is stylized as 𫝀, which is similar but unrelated to 五.

韋

1. (archaic) tanned leather
2. Original form of 圍／围 (wéi, “to surround”).
3. a surname

   韋昌輝／韦昌辉  ―  Wéi Chānghuī  ―  Wei Changhui (North King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom)

• “韋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kan-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kun: なめしがわ (nameshigawa, 韋)^{←なめしがは (namesigafa, 韋, historical)}、そむく (somuku, 韋く)

韋 (eum 위 (wi))

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韋: Hán Nôm readings: vi

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