维 — Chinese character
维
wéi
to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Radical
- 120 ⽷ (Silk)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 纟 隹
- Formation
- pictophonetic — thread; meaning component 纟; sound component 隹
- Traditional
- 維
Common words with 维
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 维护 (維護) | wéi hù | to defend; to safeguard |
| 维持 (維持) | wéi chí | to keep; to maintain; to preserve |
| 思维 (思維) | sī wéi | (line of) thought; thinking |
| 维修 (維修) | wéi xiū | maintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain |
| 纤维 (纖維) | xiān wéi | fiber; 种 (zhǒng) |
| 维基 (維基) | wéi jī | wiki (Internet) |
| 维生素 (維生素) | wéi shēng sù | vitamin |
| 维权 (維權) | wéi quán | to defend (legal) rights |
| 三维 (三維) | sān wéi | three-dimensional; 3D |
| 维系 (維繫) | wéi xì | to maintain; to keep up |
| 二维码 (二維碼) | èr wéi mǎ | 2D barcode; matrix code; (esp.) QR code |
| 维新 (維新) | wéi xīn | (political) reform; revitalization |
English words written with 维
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.