帷 — Chinese character
帷
wéi
curtain, screen, tent
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Radical
- 50 ⼱ (Turban)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 巾 隹
- Formation
- pictophonetic — curtain; meaning component 巾; sound component 隹
- Japanese
- 帷 as a kanji
Common words with 帷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 帷幕 | wéi mù | heavy curtain |
| 运筹帷幄 (運籌帷幄) | yùn chóu wéi wò | lit. to devise battle plan in a tent (idiom); fig. planning strategies |
| 帷幔 | wéi màn | drapery; curtain |
| 窗帷 | chuāng wéi | curtain |
| 绣帷 (繡帷) | xiù wéi | tapestry |
English words written with 帷
帷 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.