畏(wèi)

HSK 7-99 strokes

to fear

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Character information

Pinyin
wèi
Meaning
to fear
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 畏 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph⿳田一？

A monster with a scary head 田

A drawing of the thing it names.

Made of

田tián一yī

Parts are arranged three parts stacked.

How to write 畏 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 畏

Common words using 畏 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

wèi畏jù惧
HSK 7-9

to fear

Open 畏惧 page →
wèi畏suō缩
HSK 7-9

to cower; to flinch; to quail; to recoil

Open 畏缩 page →
bù不wèi畏

unafraid; to defy

Open 不畏 page →
kě可wèi畏

dreadful; formidable

Open 可畏 page →
jìng敬wèi畏

to revere

Open 敬畏 page →
rén人yán言kě可wèi畏

gossip is a fearful thing (idiom)

Open 人言可畏 page →
dà大wú无wèi畏

utterly fearless

Open 大无畏 page →
hòu后shēng生kě可wèi畏

the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom)

Open 后生可畏 page →

Related characters

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丁丐丘丙丛丝丫丸

From 畏’s common words

惧缩不可敬人言大

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