萎 (wai2 wai1 | wei2 wei1) : wither; fade; shrink

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萎

wai2 wai1

wei2 wei1

(jyutping) wai2, (pinyin) wei2
wither; fade; shrink

(jyutping) wai1, (pinyin) wei1
[國] decline; fall; weaken

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

萎

This word has been viewed 3485 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jan 2011 14:31

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陽萎 joeng4 wai2 = sexual impotence

枯萎 fu1 wai2 ku1 wei3 = wither

萎縮 wai2 suk1 wei3 suo1 = shrink

哲人其萎 zit3 jan4 kei4 wai2 = a sage is passing away

萎靡 wai2 mei5 wei3 mi3 = dispirited, depressed; to droop, to sag

肌肉萎縮症 gei1 juk6 wai2 suk1 zing3 ji1 rou4 wei3 suo1 zheng4 = muscular dystrophy

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Decimal representation of this word: 萎
Unicode code for this character: U+840e (off-site link)

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