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U+70BA

Seal script

Jinwen

Jiaguwen

Jianbo

Simplified character

Semantic variant

Radical:+ 5 strokes = 9 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.42#1 Kangxi: p.669#10 Cihai: p.844r4c03 Hanyu: v3,p2198#11
Composition:Component of: 𫞟 𬊓 𤔡 𦖯 𪩼 㬙 𤾡 𤺉 䧦
Mandarin:wèi wéi ㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese:wai4 wai6
Shuowen:爪部》为:母猴也。其为禽好爪。爪,母猴象也。下腹为母猴形。王育曰:“爪,象形也。”
Guangyun:广韵·上平声··》为:俗。
Fanqie:薳支 (《广韵·上平声··》)
Unihan definition:do, handle, govern, act; be

CTP Dictionary


wéi ㄨㄟˊ (1): 制作,制造。 Create, make.
庄子·人间世》:其大蔽数千牛,洁之百围,其高临山十仞而后有枝,其可以舟者旁十数。
It was so large that an ox standing behind it could not be seen. It measured a hundred spans round, and rose up eighty cubits on the hill before it threw out any branches, after which there were ten or so, from each of which a boat could be hollowed out.
礼记·学记》:良冶之子,必学裘。
国语·鲁语下》:王后亲织玄紞,公侯之夫人加之以纮、綖,卿之内子大带,命妇成祭服,列士之妻加之以朝服,自庶士以下,皆衣其夫。
尔雅·释言》:作,造,也。
列女传·鲁季敬姜》:王后亲织玄紞,公侯之夫人加之以紘綖,卿之内子大带,命妇成祭服,则士之妻加之以朝服,自庶士以下皆衣其夫。
wéi ㄨㄟˊ (2): 修筑,修建。 Build, construct.
孟子·梁惠王上》:文王以民力沼。
King Wen used the strength of the people to make his tower and his pond.
史记·陈涉世家》:坛而盟,祭以尉首。
春秋左传》:六月,丙子,越子伐吴,二隧。
战国策》:宋君夺民时以台,而非民之,无忠臣以掩盖之也,子罕释相为司空,民非子罕而善其君。
wéi ㄨㄟˊ (3): 作,做。 Do.
墨子·经上》:知,闻、说、亲,名、实、合、
Zhi (know). By hearsay, by explanation, by personal experience. The name, the object, how to relate, how to act.
孟子·梁惠王上》:故王之不王,不也,非不能也。
Therefore your Majesty's not exercising the royal sway, is because you do not do it, not because you are not able to do it.
wéi ㄨㄟˊ (4): 种植。 Plant, grow.
诗经·公刘》:度其隰原、彻田粮。
He measured the marshes and plains; He fixed the revenue on the system of common cultivation of the fields.
战国策》:东周欲稻,西周不下水,东周患之。
wéi ㄨㄟˊ (5): 治,治理。 Govern.
论语·先进》:曰:“国以礼,其言不让,是故哂之。”
He was answered, "The management of a state demands the rules of propriety. His words were not humble; therefore I smiled at him."
国语·周语上》:是故川者决之使导,民者宣之使言。
wéi ㄨㄟˊ (6): 研讨,学习。 Research, study.
论语·阳货》:子谓伯鱼曰:“女《周南》、《召南》矣乎?”
The Master said to Bo Yu, "Do you give yourself to the Zhou Nan and the Shao Nan."
孟子·滕文公上》:神农之言者许行,自楚之滕,踵门而告文公曰:“远方之人闻君行仁政,愿受一廛而为氓。”
There came from Chu to Teng one Xu Xing, who gave out that he acted according to the words of Shen Nong. Coming right to his gate, he addressed the duke Wen, saying, 'A man of a distant region, I have heard that you, Prince, are practising a benevolent government, and I wish to receive a site for a house, and to become one of your people.'
wéi ㄨㄟˊ (7): 担任,充当。 Serve as.
论语·为政》:子曰:“温故而知新,可以师矣。”
The Master said, "If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge, so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others."
孟子·滕文公上》:滕文公世子,将之楚,过宋而见孟子
When the prince, afterwards duke Wen of Teng, had to go to Chu, he went by way of Song, and visited Mencius.
wéi ㄨㄟˊ (8): 变爲,变作。 Change into, become.
墨子·经说上》:化:若鼃
For example, a frog becoming a quail.
庄子·逍遥游》:化而鸟,其名为鹏。
It changes into a bird with the name of Peng.
诗经·十月之交》:高岸谷、深谷陵。
High banks become valleys; Deep valleys become hills.
wéi ㄨㄟˊ (9): 当作,作爲。 As, in the role of.
墨子·公输》:于是见公输盘,子墨子解带城,以牒械,公输盘九设攻城之机变,子墨子九距之,公输盘之攻械尽,子墨子之守圉有馀。
And he turned to Gong Shu Ban. Mozi untied his belt and laid out a city with it, and used a small stick for weapon. Gong Shu Ban set up nine different machines of attack. Mozi repulsed him nine times. Gong Shu Ban was at an end with his machines of attack while Mozi was far from being exhausted in defence.
wéi ㄨㄟˊ (10): 算作,算是。 Count as, be considered as.
孟子·梁惠王上》:万取千焉,千取百焉,不不多矣。
To have a thousand in ten thousand, and a hundred in a thousand, cannot be said not to be a large allotment.
国语·晋语四》:偃也闻之:战鬭,直壮,曲老。
wéi ㄨㄟˊ (11): 叫做,称爲。 Called, named.
墨子·小取》:居于国,则居国
Living within a state is living in the state.
庄子·逍遥游》:北冥有鱼,其名
In the Northern Ocean there is a fish, the name of which is Kun
礼记·少仪》:衣服在躬,而不知其名
When a man had his robes on his person, and did not know their names (or the meaning of their names), he was ignorant indeed.
史记·管蔡世家》:平侯九年卒,灵侯般之孙东国攻平侯子而自立,是悼侯
荀子·劝学》:兰槐之根是芷,其渐之滫,君子不近,庶人不服。
wéi ㄨㄟˊ (12): 表示判断,相当于现代汉语的“是”。 Expresses judgement: is.
论语·学而》:有子曰:“礼之用,和贵。”
The philosopher You said, "In practicing the rules of propriety, a natural ease is to be prized."
史记·五帝本纪》:其孙昌意之子高阳立,是帝颛顼也。
And his grandson, Changyi's son Gaoyang, came to the throne under the title Emperor Zhuanxu.
道德经》:天下皆知美之美,斯恶已。
All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is.
吕氏春秋·当赏》:公子连立,是献公,怨右主然而将重罪之,德菌改而欲厚赏之。
吴越春秋》:仲雍立,是吴仲雍。
新序·节士》:宣公与诸侯伐秦,卒于师,曹人使子臧迎丧,使公子负刍,与太子留守,负刍杀太子而自立,子臧见负刍之当主也,宣公即葬,子臧将亡,国人皆从之,负刍立,是曹成公,成公惧,告罪,且请子臧,子臧乃返,成公遂为君。
wéi ㄨㄟˊ (13): 使。 Make, cause (to).
道德经》:圣人在天下,歙歙天下浑其心,百姓皆注其耳目,圣人皆孩之。
The sage has in the world an appearance of indecision, and keeps his mind in a state of indifference to all. The people all keep their eyes and ears directed to him, and he deals with them all as his children.
wéi ㄨㄟˊ (14): 有。 Have.
孟子·滕文公上》:夫滕壤地褊小,将君子焉,将野人焉。
Although the territory of Teng is narrow and small, yet there must be in it men of a superior grade, and there must be in it country-men.
wéi ㄨㄟˊ (15): 与,参与。 Take part in.
论语·卫灵公》:子曰:“道不同,不相谋。”
The Master said, "Those whose courses are different cannot lay plans for one another."
wéi ㄨㄟˊ (16): 创作,写。 Write, author.
史记·吕太后本纪》:王乃歌诗四章,令乐人歌之。
wéi ㄨㄟˊ (17): 连词:如果,如。 Connective: if.
战国策》:知之,必不救也。
wéi ㄨㄟˊ (18): 助词:用于句中使宾语前置。 Particle used in the middle of a sentence to move forward the object.
孟子·告子上》:今夫弈之数,小数也。
Now chess-playing is but a small art.
wéi ㄨㄟˊ (19): 语气词:用于句尾,表示反问语气。 Modal particle used at the end of a sentence to express a rhetorical question.
论语·季氏》:何以伐
What has your chief to do with attacking it?
楚辞·渔父》:何故深思高举,自令放
wèi ㄨㄟˋ (20): 助,帮助。 Help, assist.
道德经》:圣人之道,而不争。
With all the doing in the way of the sage he does not strive.
史记·吕太后本纪》:太尉将之入军门,行令军中曰:“吕氏右袒,刘氏左袒。”
wèi ㄨㄟˋ (21.1): 介词:替,给。 Preposition: for, on behalf of.
论语·学而》:曾子曰:“吾日三省吾身:人谋而不忠乎?”
The philosopher Zeng said, "I daily examine myself on three points: whether, in transacting business for others, I may have been not faithful."
孟子·离娄上》:孟子曰:“人之患在好人师。”
Mencius said, 'The evil of men is that they like to be teachers of others.'
庄子·养生主》:庖丁文惠君解牛,手之所触,肩之所倚,足之所履,膝之所踦,砉然向然,奏刀騞然,莫不中音。
His cook was cutting up an ox for the ruler Wen Hui. Whenever he applied his hand, leaned forward with his shoulder, planted his foot, and employed the pressure of his knee, in the audible ripping off of the skin, and slicing operation of the knife, the sounds were all in regular cadence.
春秋左传》:及庄公即位,之请制。
wèi ㄨㄟˋ (21.2): 介词:被。 Preposition: by (passive).
墨子·所染》:此四王者所染不当,故国残身死,天下僇。
Now these four kings had been under bad influences. Therefore they lost their empire and their lives, and were persecuted everywhere.
庄子·徐无鬼》:曰:“夫尧,畜畜然仁,吾恐其天下笑。”
Yao has become so bent on his benevolence that I am afraid the world will laugh at him.
韩非子·十过》:知伯身死军破,国分为三,天下笑。
淮南子·精神训》:夫人主之所以残亡其国家,损弃其社稷,身死于人手,天下笑,未尝非为非欲也。
史记·秦始皇本纪》:然后以六合为家,淆函为宫,一夫作难而七庙堕,身死人手,天下笑者,何也?
说苑·尊贤》:桓公得管仲,九合诸侯,一匡天下,失管仲,任竖刁易牙,身死不葬,天下笑,一人之身,荣辱俱施焉,在所任也。
wèi ㄨㄟˋ (21.3): 介词:由于,爲了。 Preposition: because of, due to.
史记·货殖列传》:故曰:“天下熙熙,皆利来。”
荀子·天论》:天不人之恶寒也辍冬,地不为人之恶辽远也辍广,君子不为小人之匈匈也辍行。
wèi ㄨㄟˋ (21.4): 介词:跟,同。 Preposition: with, together with.
wèi ㄨㄟˋ (22): 连词:因爲。 Connective: because.
孟子·梁惠王上》:曰:“肥甘不足于口与?”
Mencius resumed, 'Are you led to desire it, because you have not enough of rich and sweet food for your mouth?'
史记·留侯世家》:其老,强忍,下取履。
wèi ㄨㄟˋ (23): 通“谓”:说。 Say.
战国策》:对曰:“今马多力则有矣,若曰胜千钧则不然者,何也?”
wèi ㄨㄟˋ (24): 通“僞”:虚假。 False, fake.
荀子·非十二子》:知而险,贼而神,诈而巧,言无用而辩,辩不惠而察,治之大殃也。
管子·枢言》:而贤者宝之,善者非善也故善无以也,故先王贵善。

为人
wèi rén ㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ (1): 做人。 One's conduct.
墨子·非儒下》:齐景公问晏子曰:“孔子为人何如?”
Lord Jing of Qi asked Yanzi: "What kind of a man is Confucius?"
论语·学而》:有子曰:“其为人也孝弟,而好犯上者,鲜矣。”
The philosopher You said, "They are few who, being filial and fraternal, are fond of offending against their superiors."
wèi rén ㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ (2): 指人的相貌,长相。 One's appearance, looks.
史记·高祖本纪》:高祖为人,隆准而龙颜,美须髯,左股有七十二黑子。

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