Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

維: fiber, tie

Also: rope

JLPT N114 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

糸 carries the meaning · 隹 gives the sound

14 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

イi · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 維持いじ
  • 繊維せんいfibre; fiber
  • 維新いしんreformation; revolution; renewal
  • 合成繊維ごうせいせんいsynthetic fibre; synthetic fiber
  • 化学繊維かがくせんいsynthetic fiber; synthetic fibre

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
More in the 糸 thread story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
糸

Also built on thread (糸)

All 71
隹

Also built on old bird (隹)

All 21

The 隹 family reads スイ (sui); 維 is read イ.

Also read イ

31 kanji share this on'yomiAll 31

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
維 fiber · 糸
vs稚 immature · 禾
維 has 糸 where 稚 has 禾.
In ChineseSimplified 维 · traditional, as in Japanese · wéi

Japan keeps the traditional form 維; mainland China simplifies it to 维.

Simplified
维 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
維 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin wéi most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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