萎 — Chinese character
萎
wēi
to wither, to wilt
- Pinyin
- wēi
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 艹 委
- Formation
- pictophonetic — plant; meaning component 艹; sound component 委
- Japanese
- 萎 as a kanji
Common words with 萎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 萎缩 (萎縮) | wěi suō | to wither; to dry up (of a plant) |
| 枯萎 | kū wěi | to wilt; to wither |
| 萎靡 | wěi mǐ | listless; dispirited; lacking in vigor; languishing |
| 萎靡不振 | wěi mǐ bù zhèn | dispirited and listless (idiom); downcast |
| 阳萎 (陽萎) | yáng wěi | variant of 阳痿 (yáng wěi) |
| 枯萎病 | kū wěi bìng | blight |
| 哲人其萎 | zhé rén qí wěi | a wise man has passed away (idiom) |
| 萎叶 (萎葉) | wěi yè | betel |
| 萎蕤 | wěi ruí | angular Solomon's seal (Polygonatum odoratum) |
| 颓萎 (頹萎) | tuí wěi | listless; dispirited |
English words written with 萎
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.