危 — Chinese character
危
wēi
dangerous, precarious; high
- Pinyin
- wēi
- Radical
- 26 ⼙ (Seal)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 厃 㔾
- Formation
- ideographic — A person 㔾 at the edge of a cliff 厃; 厃 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 危 as a kanji
Common words with 危
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 危险 (危險) | wēi xiǎn | danger; dangerous |
| 危机 (危機) | wēi jī | crisis |
| 危害 | wēi hài | to harm; to jeopardize; to endanger; harmful effect; damage |
| 危及 | wēi jí | to endanger; to jeopardize |
| 危急 | wēi jí | critical; desperate (situation) |
| 安危 | ān wēi | safety and danger; safety |
| 濒危 (瀕危) | bīn wēi | endangered (species); in imminent danger |
| 经济危机 (經濟危機) | jīng jì wēi jī | economic crisis |
| 金融危机 (金融危機) | jīn róng wēi jī | financial crisis |
| 生命危险 (生命危險) | shēng mìng wēi xiǎn | risk to one's life |
| 危难 (危難) | wēi nàn | calamity |
| 危机四伏 (危機四伏) | wēi jī sì fú | danger lurks on every side (idiom) |
English words written with 危
危 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 7 · Art of War 7 · Mencius 8 · Zhuangzi 14 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Analects 8.13
- Analects 14.4
- Analects 14.13
- Analects 16.1
- Analects 19.1
- Art of War 1.5–6
- Art of War 2.20
- Art of War 5.22
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