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维 - wéi

maintain, preserve, safeguard

maintain, preserve, safeguard

How to read 维

Click 维 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinwéi
Englishmaintain, preserve, safeguard
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

维修 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 维和. Please read 维基 one more time.

Common words with this character

maintenance; to protect and maintain
peacekeeping
wiki
Pope Vigilius; phonetic -vich or -wich in Russian names

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 维 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 维修 and 维和 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 维.